Officials Investigate Fatal Accident Involving Baltimore Police Cruiser
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Baltimore police are investigating a fatal accident involving a police cruiser.
According to officials, officers received a call of a shooting in the 900-block of Jack Street. While they were driving to the area with lights and sirens, the vehicle hit a pedestrian in the 900-block of East Patapsco.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi identified the man as Leondionas Dias Perez. Guglielmi says Perez, 41, was from South America.
Perez died as a result of his injuries at the hospital.
The Baltimore Police Accident Investigation Unit says it is currently conducting a thorough investigation into this case. Authorities will be doing scene reconstruction and conducting witness interviews, prior to completing a preliminary accident report.
