Another' Pedestrian hit in crosswalk

[Robert Brubaker]

This is another example of why many serious pedestrians prefer to control 
their own safety....


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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.
(Copyright 2007 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)
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.
(Copyright 2007 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)

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