Qld: Police drive over indigenous woman in a park

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2009
Qld: Police drive over indigenous woman in a park

An Ethical Standards Command officer is heading for Townsville to investigate an incident
in which Queensland police drove over an indigenous woman sleeping in a park.

The officers .. responding to a callout .. were driving off-road in Central Park on
Thursday afternoon .. when they accidentally ran over the 40-year-old woman .. who was
lying on the ground.

The woman was treated before being taken to Townsville Hospital with leg injuries.

Queensland police have launched an internal investigation .. and the Crime and Misconduct
Commission has been informed.

AAP RTV ews/pjo/sw/ajw/crh

KEYWORD: SLEEPING (CAIRNS)

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