Police: Woman lying in Cincinnati park dies after being run over by a police cruiser
By APTuesday, July 27, 2010
Police in Ohio say woman struck by police car dies
CINCINNATI — Authorities say a woman who was struck by a police cruiser while lying on the grass in a Cincinnati park has died.
Cincinnati Police Chief Tom Streicher (STREYE’-kuhr) says an officer was patrolling Washington Park in the Over-the-Rhine area when he struck the woman. She was taken to a local hospital, where a police spokeswoman says she died.
Streicher says the officer drove from a service road onto the grass. The State Highway Patrol is leading an investigation. A dispatcher at the Batavia post in nearby Clermont County said no other information was available Tuesday evening. The officer will be tested for substance abuse.
The names of the officer and the woman have not been released.
The Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless says the woman apparently was homeless.
Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, www.enquirer.com
