WATCH: Video shows driver striking Nashville police car during traffic stop

Authorities successful Nashville shared shocking footage showing a driver crashing into a patrol car while an serviceman was initiating a postulation extremity early Tuesday morning. 

Around 1:30 a.m., a Nashville constabulary officer saw a metallic Dodge Challenger driving astatine a precocious complaint of velocity adjacent downtown Nashville. 

Officials said nan serviceman past turned connected his lights and attempted to make a postulation stop. However, nan driver was slow to extremity and began driving recklessly and making donuts successful nan roadway.  

After completing aggregate donuts, nan conveyance was facing nan officer's patrol car, wherever he is seen accelerating and hitting nan officer's car caput on.

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A driver is facing charges aft he collapsed into a patrol car while an serviceman was attempting to propulsion him complete successful Nashville early Tuesday morning. (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)

Authorities said nan serviceman was injured during nan incident and was taken to a section infirmary wherever he was treated and later released.

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Nashville constabulary reported 22-year-old Carlos Esquivel deed nan officer’s conveyance arsenic he attempted to fly from a postulation stop. (Metro Nashville Police Department)

The driver past drove down nan patrol car, continued doing donuts and past fled nan scene.

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Dashcam footage from Nashville Police shows officers attempting to propulsion nan car complete erstwhile nan driver began doing donuts successful nan roadway. (Metro Nashville Police Department)

The driver, who constabulary identified arsenic Carlos Esquivel, 22, surrendered to constabulary downtown precocious Tuesday morning. 

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Nashville Police said Esquivel is being charged pinch aggravated battle connected a constabulary officer, evading arrest, leaving nan segment of a crash, and reckless driving.

He was booked into jailhouse and is being held connected a $27,500 bond.