A female Philadelphia police officer suffered fractures to her leg and pelvis when her crusier was struck in Center City last night. Police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore said the 48-year-old officer was riding north on 7th Street, on her way to back up another cop, when a motorist traveling east on Market slammed into the cop car.
Rescuers had to use the Jaws of Life to pry the officer out of the crumpled car. Vanore said the officer was "awake and complaining of pain" when she was admitted to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She was listed in stable condition late last night.
The driver of the other car was unharmed. No charges were filed.
How is this possible without someone failing to yield the right of way?— clarktacular
Comment removed.- "No charges were filed" has to mean the cop was the one that ran the red light.— Tartan69
- The cop did not have lights or sirens on— tpk429
- I'd have to agree .... if no charges were filed against the civilan motorist than the police officer probably did something wrong. (No lights/siren?)Hopefully she makes a full recovery. A broken Pelvis is a bad injury to have.— Kennedy
- All depends. Who knows exactly what happened. I note no charges were filed. If the RPC had sirens and lights going then the other driver could be cited and probably should unless there were some obvious circumstances that show there was no knowledge of the RPC or no time or space to yield before a collision. How could it happen? Well, if there were no sirens or lights running on the rpc and limited line of sight for the other driver to the RPC going through a red light on 7th that could do it. That would be especially so if the car was heading East in the right lane and the rpc North at a good speed as one would expect. One with the right of way can't yield to that of which he or she is not aware. Who knows. Philadelphia is an odd place in that alot of people either don't pay any attention whatsoever to their surroundings while driving or simply ignore lights and sirens while driving.— Tkat
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- I saw this on the news last night and the first thing I thought of was, no charges filed? Somebody made a mistake here. Sounds like she ran the red light with no sirens. Although, like many Philadelphians, I have seen soooo many cops put on their lights, run through a red light, and turn it off again. Abusing power. But, I hope she makes a full recovery. Let's just realize where the mistake was made.— westbrookmvp
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- Dear Red Robot, Please do a better job of putting your "sexist thoughts aside" - i think you just put them right in front!— Snowcone Malone
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- The Red Robot: Sexism and ageism in two sentences. Wow!— JStocker
- It seems like many PPD officers responding to hot calls wait to activate their horn or siren until they're already in the intersection. How is a driver supposed to know that they're rushing to an emergency? Come on! The bad guys probably know you're on the way already! Put the siren on!!!— cygnus
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Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.
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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.
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Phillip Lucas joined the Daily News crime team in 2011. He grew up on the mean streets of Seattle and studied journalism and psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Phillip was a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Email tips to lucasp@phillynews.com.
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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.
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