TACOMA, Wash — A JBLM soldier was in critical condition Monday after a Tacoma Police patrol car drove over him this weekend.
Emanuel Andrade, a father of two, is fighting for his life at Tacoma’s St. Joseph Hospital, and home surveillance video obtained by Q13FOX News shows why.
“They dragged him down the street, that’s even worse,” the victim’s wife, Susana Andrade, said.
It’s unknown why the 22-year-old soldier was lying in the street. Tacoma police say the officer was checking for car prowlers and running license plates on his computer right before the accident.
“It was totally unintentional; he feels horrible,” Tacoma police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said.
She is also upset because, she said, the department has yet to contact her as her husband lies on a hospital bed, unable to talk or breathe on his own.
“They haven’t told me nothing. They haven’t even come by to check up on my husband,” Susana said.
Read more: http://q13fox.com/2014/06/16/a-jblm-soldier-lying-on-the-street-is-run-over-by-tacoma-police-officer
