Olympia police officer rear-ends driver stopped for pedestrian

An Olympia police officer and another driver suffered minor injuries Monday morning in west Olympia when the office rear-ended the other car, according to Olympia police.

About 11 a.m. Monday, the officer rear-ended a passenger vehicle that had stopped for pedestrians. The pedestrians were crossing the street at a crosswalk in the 2000 block of Harrison Avenue Northwest.

The pedestrians were not hurt, Lt. Sam Costello said Wednesday, but the driver of the passenger vehicle and the officer were injured and taken to an area hospital. Harrison Avenue was closed for about an hour, Costello said.

The police department follows an internal process when officers are involved in situations like these, he said. Her actions will be evaluated and she could be subject to discipline or re-training, Costello said.

This story was originally published September 26, 2018 at 2:12 PM.