Officer Under Investigation After Police Car Hits Pedestrians at Street Race Incident, 2 Injured

Officer Under Investigation After Police Car Hits Pedestrians at Street Race Incident, 2 Injured
Tacoma Police and other law enforcement officers stand in an intersection near the site of a car crash in downtown Tacoma, Wash., on Jan. 23, 2021. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo
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TACOMA, Wash.—At least two people were injured when a police officer responding to a report of a street race plowed his car through a crowd of pedestrians that had gathered around him and were pounding on the car’s windows in downtown Tacoma on Saturday night, officials said.

The incident happened just before 7 p.m. as about 100 people were blocking an intersection and watching several cars spinning in circles, police told The News Tribune of Tacoma.