Police Cruiser Hits Pedestrian

September 24, 2007 - 4:12pm

WASHINGTON -- A man is hospitalized in serious condition after being hit by a police cruiser Monday afternoon.

Eyewitnesses say the pedestrian was walking at the crosswalk on Wisconsin Avenue -- just north of Newark Street in Northwest -- when a police cruiser traveling southbound hit the man.

D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter says the 70-year-old man has several serious injuries, including broken ribs and a possible skull fracture.

At the time of the accident, a car in one lane stopped to allow the man to cross, but the officer kept going, eyewitnesses say. The cruiser stopped about ten yards past the crosswalk.

Police confirm that the cruiser hit the pedestrian, but they are trying to figure out why.

Crash investigators are measuring distances and conducting forensic testing before they can determine who was at fault.

WASHINGTON -- A man is hospitalized in serious condition after being hit by a police cruiser Monday afternoon.

Eyewitnesses say the pedestrian was walking at the crosswalk on Wisconsin Avenue -- just north of Newark Street in Northwest -- when a police cruiser traveling southbound hit the man.

D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter says the 70-year-old man has several serious injuries, including broken ribs and a possible skull fracture.

At the time of the accident, a car in one lane stopped to allow the man to cross, but the officer kept going, eyewitnesses say. The cruiser stopped about ten yards past the crosswalk.

Police confirm that the cruiser hit the pedestrian, but they are trying to figure out why.

Crash investigators are measuring distances and conducting forensic testing before they can determine who was at fault.

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