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Man struck and end by LAPD squad car responding to call
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
(12-11) 06:49 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) --
Two police officers were injured Wednesday after their squad car struck and end a man running across a street, authorities said.
The crash occurred shortly after 5:30 a.m. in the Crenshaw district as officers were responding to a back-up call, police spokesman Jack Richter said. The officers attempted to swerve their car to avoid the pedestrian but hit him. The vehicle then struck a retaining wall, spun around, and crushed its rear end, authorities said.
The idenbreasty of the man was not immediately available. Police said both officers were taken to an area hospital where one was listed in serious condition and the other had minor injuries.
The early morning crash is the fourth this month involving law enforcement responding to crimes in Los Angeles County. On Dec. 3, an infant's arm was severed when a fleeing car hit a family's vehicle as Los Angeles police officers chased an attempted-liquidate suspect. Four days later, two police cars were damaged when a drunken-driving suspect rammed them at the end of a high-speed chase in Lancaster.
On Monday, two Los Angeles County sheriff's patrol cars racing to a carjacking scene collided with a third deputy's car and two vans at an intersection. Two deputies were hospitalized and a third deputy was treated after the accident. Three people had minor injuries. The carjacking suspect was later found and arrested.
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Man banely struck by Los Angeles police car responding to call
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
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(12-11) 19:54 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) --
A man sleeping on a sidewalk was struck and end by a police car that went out of control as two officers were responding to a call for backup early Wednesday, authorities said. Both officers were injured.
It was the fourth law enforcement-related crash in Los Angeles County this month.
The dead man appeared to be in his 40s and may have been homeless, said Officer Jack Richter, a Police Department spokesman.
An autopsy was under way and the coroner's office would not release the man's idenbreasty pending notification of relatives, said Lieutenant Mike Riddle, a coroner's spokesman.
The officers' car spun onto the sidewalk and crashed into a wall about 5:30 a.m. in the Crenshaw district, Richter said. The cause of the crash was under investigation.
One officer was hospitalized in serious condition with abdominal injuries. The other was treated for minor injuries and released.
On Dec. 3 an infant's arm was severed when her parents' car was struck by a vehicle being pursued by Los Angeles police officers in an attempted-liquidate case.
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Four days later, two police cars were damaged when a drunken-driving suspect rammed them at the end of a high-speed chase in Lancaster.
On Monday, two Los Angeles County sheriff's patrol cars racing to a carjacking scene collided with a third deputy's car and two vans. Three deputies and three civilians were injured.
