Footage released Wednesday afternoon shows an ATV rider crash into a New Haven police cruiser.

Authorities said the crash happened around 3:40 p.m. Sunday on Farnum Drive.

Police were addressing complaints of people illegally operating dirt bikes and ATVs in the city.

“Officers responded to the area of East Rock Park on the reports of a group congregating there and used Farnam Drive to access the park,” said New Haven police.

Farnum Drive has been open to just pedestrian traffic since 2020. A large number of people, including families with children, were in the area.

Officers noticed an ATV rider going down the road at a high rate of speed toward the pedestrians, police said.

“The officers slowed the cruiser and angled it to protect the families and pedestrians they had just passed while providing a point of egress to the side of them for the oncoming ATV to pass the cruiser,” said police.

Authorities said the ATV rider lost control and hit the front passenger side window of the police cruiser.