UPDATE: CPD VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH 8 YEAR OLD IN STEPHENS LAKE PARK
Type of Incident: Vehicle Collision With Pedestrian
Case: 2016-006393
Date and Time Occurred: 6/8/16 at 7:41 P.M.
Accident Location: Stephens Lake Park Southeast Parking Lot
Driver: 1: Jameson Dowler
Columbia, Missouri
Age: 31
Pedestrian: 8 Year old male
Incident Details:
The Columbia Police Department Vehicle was parked in the grass at Stephens Lake Park Southeast Parking Lot. The collision occurred when the Columbia Police Department K9 Officer was slowly pulling forward and making a right hand turn onto the pavement. The eight year old child was playing in the dirt next to the front passenger's tire. The officer's vehicle grazed the child when the officer pulled forward. The child was released from a local hospital last night with minor injuries.