University of Utah police are investigating if one of their officers did anything wrong when he crashed into a theft suspect who was riding a bicycle on Thursday, sending the woman to the hospital.
The crash happened after the officer received a report that two people had stolen bicycles from the Marriott Library on campus. The officer stopped his patrol vehicle so speak to the suspects, and they avoided him, campus police spokesman Dan Metcalf said.
“And then he moved the patrol car to pursue, and in doing so he actually hit the bike rider,” Metcalf said.