Editor’s note: The attached video is from a prior story.

ST. LOUIS – As a St. Louis police officer recovers from having his leg partially amputated after being struck by a car Monday morning, city prosecutors have announced charges against two of the drivers involved in that incident.

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Mehki R. Campbell, 18, of East St. Louis, with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, aggravated fleeing a stop, and resisting arrest.

Frank Carr, 62, of St. Louis, was charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident – physical injury and one count of tampering with physical evidence.

At a news conference Monday afternoon, St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy did not identify the injured officer to protect his family’s privacy. He said the officer is 31 years old and is a six-year veteran of the SLMPD.

Chief Tracy said the incident began after the Metro East Auto Theft Task Force sent out an alert regarding a Toyota Rav 4 that had been carjacked in East St. Louis. That vehicle was spotted in the 4800 block of Cote Brilliante Avenue in the Kingsway East neighborhood.

The suspects got out of that vehicle and entered an Acura, which had been reported stolen out of Belleville, Tracy said. St. Louis police spotted the stolen Acura in the 5400 block of Queens Avenue in the Mark Twain neighborhood. Police attempted to make a traffic stop but the Acura sped off.

During that pursuit, Tracy said the driver of the Acura attempted to swerve and hit an officer who was laying spike strips on the road. The officer avoided being hit and the car was successfully spiked.

The Acura continued entered eastbound I-70 from North Kingshighway Boulevard but struck another vehicle at Shreve Avenue.

Chief Tracy said the driver of the Acura, identified as Campbell, attempted to escape on foot, but was arrested nearby. The front passenger, a 20-year-old, stayed in the vehicle and was taken into custody. The third suspect left the backseat, jumped the median, and tried to run away.

One of the pursuing officers got out of his vehicle and held the third suspect at gunpoint. When the officer scaled the median and entered the eastbound expressway, both he and the suspect were struck by an oncoming Cadillac, Tracy said.

The injured officer fired what Chief Tracy called “safety shots” to alert nearby officers to his presence. Other officers responded and immediately began to administer first aid to their injured colleague and the suspect.

The officer was rushed to the hospital in a police vehicle. The injured suspect was taken to another hospital.

After reviewing surveillance video showing the Cadillac flee the scene, police ran the vehicle’s plates and saw it was registered to Carr. Police later located and arrested Carr. They said he confessed to hitting the officer and the suspect with his car and having the Cadillac towed to a nearby body shop.