‘Ambush’ Puts 2 Florida Sheriff’s Deputies in Hospital With Serious Injuries

Camera footage shows driver colliding with the deputies’ patrol car, hitting the officers in the process.

Hillsborough County Sheriff investigators on the scene of an incident where two of their own deputies were seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle while on a call for service, in Brandon, Fla., on Nov. 9, 2023. Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP

Two Florida deputies are recovering in hospital after an early morning house call turned into an ambush.

It was around 8 a.m. on Nov. 9 when Corporal Carlos Brito (39) and Deputy Manuel Santos (31) of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) arrived at the home of a mother in distress.