Memphis Police Officer Hits Pedestrian

FAST FACTS:

    * Pedestrian struck by Memphis police officer
    * Victim is 57 year old South Memphis woman
    * Witnesses say officer was speeding with no lights and sirens

(Memphis 05/22/2010) - A South Memphis woman is dead after she is struck by a Memphis police squad car. The accident happened about 2:00 a.m. at Essex and South Third St. There are questions tonight from eyewitnesses about the officer's speed and if his lights and sirens were on at the time of the accident.

"The officer was just flying down the street. He wasn't on call. Wasn't no lights, sirens are nothing going," said Bernice Johnson, eyewitness.

Johnson, a nursing student who was on her way to work, describes what she saw when a Memphis police officer driving down Third St. struck pedestrian, 57 year old Irene Connard. She literally offered Connard her last breath. Johnson along with the officer administered CPR.

Johnson said, "I mean it's just horrible. It's just horrible. They need to slow it down, too. It just don't make no sense."

Hours later witnesses still talked about the power of the impact at the scene of the accident.


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