Police responded Tuesday afternoon to reports of an officer who was injured after being run over by another officer during an altercation with a man on a bicycle near 14th and Fremont streets. The officer was transported to University Medical Center with a knee injury, and the man was treated and released.
Published Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 | 5:04 p.m.
Updated Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 | 8:03 p.m.
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A Metro Police officer was transported to University Medical Center with moderate injuries Tuesday afternoon after another officer accidentally ran over him while responding to a call Tuesday afternoon in downtown Las Vegas.
Metro Sgt. Richard Strader said a patrol officer stopped a man for traveling the wrong way on a bicycle at 4:10 p.m. at the intersection of 14th Street and Fremont Street.
Witnesses told police the man and the officer got into an altercation for an unknown reason, Strader said.
A nearby officer responded to the scene to assist the first officer. As he drove toward the two, he clipped the other police car and rolled over the officer’s leg as he was wrestling with the bicyclist on the ground, police said.
Both the man and the police officer were taken to the hospital. Their names were not released.
The bicyclist was treated and released with minor injuries, and the officer suffered a knee injury.
Strader said the bicyclist will be charged with driving on the wrong side of the road, and other counts are pending.
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