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A man led police on a chase in a stolen cruiser, according to reports. (File photo)

UPDATE: $1M bail in cop car theft, chase through Bergen County

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS -- In an incident more reminiscent of the Grand Theft Auto video games than a quiet Sunday in Bergen County, a suspect carjacked a Mercedes, then stole a police vehicle, leading cops on a chase through several towns while striking seven different police cars along the way, according police.

The incident began in Englewood Cliffs, according to Police Chief Michael Cioffi.

Sereymanta Kong, 22, was lying in the middle of the road near Middlesex and Castle on Sunday afternoon when a woman drove up in her Mercedes with her two kids in the car, Cioffi said. Concerned, the woman called 911 to get him help.

That's when the man sprung into action, forcing the woman from her car and speeding away in her Mercedes, Cioffi said.

"She was lucky enough to get her kids from the car," Cioffi said.

From there, police gave chase through several Bergen County towns.

In nearby Alpine, the Mercedes stopped, the officers got out of their cars to corral the suspect, and the pursuit appeared to be over.

It was not over.

A struggle ensued as the officers tried to bring him into custody, and Kong somehow fell backward into the Englewood Cliffs cruiser, police said. Kong allegedly kicked at an Tenafly police sergeant who tried to pull him out of the car, then closed the door and sped off, Cioffi said.

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One witness who was in Tenafly on East Clinton Avenue at around 3:30 Sunday afternoon said he saw the damaged Englewood Cliffs police cruiser being followed by eight or nine other cruisers from a variety of different towns, all going about 35 to 40 miles per hour.

The bizarre sight was made even stranger, Steven Weiss said, by the fact that at the time, the first car was maintaining a safe speed and staying in its lane of travel. It was "like the OJ chase," Weiss said.

The apparently stolen cop car's bumper was hanging off, and a young man -- not a police officer -- was behind the wheel, Weiss said. The cruiser that was being chased didn't have its sirens or lights on, Weiss said.

He saw Tenafly, Alpine, Port Authority and Palisades Parkway police chasing the first cruiser.

After a wave of civilian vehicles on East Clinton, another five or six cop cars followed, Weiss said.

The chase went through New Milford, Dumont, and Bergenfield. It eventually ended on Route 4 in Paramus, Cioffi said.

Several officers were treated at the hospital for minor injuries, Cioffi said. The initial victim whose Mercedes was stolen also went to the hospital for evaluation.

Kong, who is from Connecticut, was at the hospital Sunday night. He was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, carjacking, resisting by flight, and numerous other charges.

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