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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBad Cop No Donut, 15 June 2014: Tacoma officer runs over man lying in street
Quick Facts:
Police said an officer ran over a man lying on a Tacoma street
Authorities said the officer was patrolling the area and did not see the man on the roadway
The victim is a 22-year-old man, who is in critical condition
Tacoma police are investigating after an officer ran over a man lying on the street early Saturday morning.
The incident happened at about 1:20 a.m. in the 600 block of North Fife Street.
Tacoma Police Department spokewoman Loretta Cool told KIRO 7 a patrol vehicle traveling at 10 mph ran over a person lying on the roadway.
Police said the officer was patrolling the area and didnt see the person on the roadway.
A resident in the neighborhood caught the incident on surveillance video and shared it with KIRO 7.
The victim was a 22-year-old man. He was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition.
Cool said the investigation remains ongoing.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/tacoma-officer-runs-over-man-lying-street/ngLRZ/
agentS
(1,325 posts)How did the guy who got hit wind up lying in the street? My spider sense tingles- it tells me he wasn't playing the Wounded Gazelle Gambit.
MFM008
(19,782 posts)We were at the Tacoma Mall today.... but late. Cop really on the ball.........
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)to a complaint one has run somebody over, but "I was lying in dark clothing on a street at night, minding my own business, when suddenly for no reason this car unexpectedly drove into me" might not be an open-and-shut complaint
I hope the guy recovers. I wonder why he lay down in the street
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)It could be anything from having been assaulted by somebody else earlier and left there to having passed out after some sort of binge.
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)My guesses might be either that he was quite intoxicated or had some serious medical event like a stroke or heart attack
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)to any car with fuctional headlights...and I'd have to wonder if it's that hard to stop when you're driving at 10 MPH.