Seattle Police Hits Pedestrian Responding To A Call – The Seattle Medium

A Seattle police officer driving to an armed theft hits a pedestrian crossing the road. The sufferer was in steady situation at Harborview Medical Middle, in response to the Seattle Fireplace Division. The police cruiser was pulling out of a driveway onto Rainier Avenue South after they struck the person.

Police mentioned the officer activated the cruiser’s lights and siren and left the car parking zone when the automobile struck the pedestrian whereas he was crossing the road close to Rainier Avenue S. and S. McClellan Avenue. The police mentioned the pedestrian was not crossing in a marked crosswalk.

It is a growing story. It’s not to be confused with one other story the place expenses filed towards one other cop in a crash that killed a pedestrian in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood. In that case the King County Prosecuting Lawyer’s Workplace filed expenses a few weeks in the past towards Michael Smith, the off-duty Auburn police officer who was arrested. 

Officer Smith was charged with vehicular murder, reckless driving, and hit and run-attended automobile for the crash wherein he struck and killed a 65-year-old man on April 23. In keeping with charging paperwork, Smith was driving his 2016 Mercedes northbound on Alaskan Method in downtown Seattle round 10:30 p.m. together with his girlfriend within the entrance passenger seat.

The Seattle Police Division’s Site visitors Collision Investigation Squad is investigating the incident that occurred on Rainier Avenue South. As by protocol, all lanes of Rainier Avenue South had been blocked the night of the crash whereas police and firefighters responded to the collision.