GREENFIELD, Wis. (AP) – A woman died after a patrol car accidentally ran over her while she lay in a roadway, suburban Milwaukee police said Friday.
Officers were called Thursday for a welfare check on the 42-year-old Milwaukee woman, the Greenfield Police Department said. an officer did not know she was lying in the roadway and accidentally drove over her, police said.
The officer immediately called for an ambulance and gave aid to the woman, but she died at a hospital, the department said.
The Milwaukee Area Investigative Team is opening a case on the death and the Wisconsin State Patrol will reconstruct the accident, the department said.
The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office will review the case, the department said.
The officer involved has been placed on administrative leave, it said.
Topics Auto Law Enforcement
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
India’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant Hit by Data Breach 
20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: Are Insurers Ready for a Different $100B Disaster? 
Hellman & Friedman’s Hub International Seeks $3 Billion in IPO 
Clash of Florida Titans Pits Powerful Tribe Against Homebuilder Lennar 
