SF area police officer in serious condition after being attacked

A police officer was in serious condition on Friday after being attacked south of San Francisco a day earlier by a man with a skateboard.

The incident took place at about 2:20 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day in the city of South San Francisco, when an on-duty officer was waved down by a citizen reporting a man causing a disturbance at a local business.

The officer attempted to approach the man but the suspect fled on a skateboard. The officer chased after the man, at which time the suspect stopped, turned and struck the officer on the head with the skateboard, knocking the officer unconscious.

The man, identified by South San Francisco Police Department as 28-year-old Luis Alberto Ramos-Coreas, a local resident, was taken into custody moments later by another officer, according to a posting by the police department on the Twitter social media. He was charged with attempted murder of a police officer and other felony offenses.

While withholding the identity of the victim, the police department said the officer sustained a major head injury and was taken to a local trauma center for treatment. He was in surgery and in critical condition as of Friday morning. Endit