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A girls basketball coach allegedly hit the victim after an argument about the game

A girls basketball coach allegedly hit the victim after an argument about the game

A girls’ youth basketball coach was arrested after allegedly hitting someone following an argument at a school in Connecticut.

Bryan Baez-Rivera allegedly drove his vehicle into a person in the parking lot of Horace Porter School, where he was coaching the girls’ basketball team during a game, after he got into a “verbal altercation” on Saturday, Jan. 11, Connecticut State Police reported in A press release.

Police arrived at the scene around 11:23 a.m. and spoke with the victim. The victim testified that she “engaged in a verbal altercation with the visiting team’s coach,” referring to Baez-Rivera, 29, after a morning girls basketball game at the school.

The victim stated that she then “attempted to approach the coach vehicle in the parking lot and the coach intentionally ran into her, causing her to fly through the roof and hood of the vehicle and then fall to the ground,” the release said.

Police said that upon arrival, the victim had “visible” but “non-life-threatening” injuries and was transported to a local hospital.

Footage showing Baez-Rivera allegedly driving his car into the victim on January 11.

Connecticut State Police


In the surveillance video obtained by NBC Newsa person can be seen running toward Baez-Rivera’s white sedan as it drives away from the school’s parking lot, then enters the middle of the road and comes face-to-face with oncoming traffic.

The suspect appears to fail to slow down the vehicle and plows into the victim, causing the victim to flip the hood of the car and fall to the ground, after which the vehicle continues driving.

Baez-Rivera later called police and “advised his whereabouts” before waiting for them to arrive, according to the release. He was arrested without incident and charged with two counts of causing bodily injury to a minor, breach of peace, assault and reckless endangerment.

The suspect testified that the victim “started chasing him on foot” and that he “failed to avoid the collision.” He claimed that “multiple people then began to chase his vehicle,” which caused him to leave the area “out of concern for his own safety” and for the children who were allegedly in the car at the time.

Bryan Baez-Rivera.

Connecticut State Police


Baez-Rivera was released from custody on $5,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in Rockville Superior Court on Jan. 23.

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is investigating the incident.

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PEOPLE has reached out to Horace Porter School for further comment.