Whats up with APD and austin drivers. And two of these are motorcycle cops. Sound like the first one is another case of someone in a cage just not paying any attention to whats going on.
Anyone else know of the condition of either of the two injured cops or anything more about what happend?
Anyone else know of the condition of either of the two injured cops or anything more about what happend?
Saturday, March 5, 2005
Three officers, three accidents in 32 minutes. A trio of traffic accidents Friday morning seriously injured one Austin police officer and injured a second. All three are under investigation and no one has been charged.
1. 8:42 a.m. A car turning onto RM 2222 from Westslope Drive collided with a motorcycle officer traveling west on 2222. The officer had his lights and siren on and had been attempting to make a traffic stop. Officer Steve Claiborne received serious injuries and was taken to Brackenridge Hospital.
2. 8:52 a.m. Assistant Chief Cathy Ellison, traveling south on Cameron Road in an unmarked city vehicle, collided with a Toyota traveling east on the 290 frontage road. Ellison was not injured.
3. 9:14 a.m. A motorcycle officer traveling north on the east frontage road of MoPac left the road and traveled into the grass. Officer Daryl Burrell was taken to Brackenridge Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.