Police Investigating Officer-Involved Crash in Southwest Dallas
By Homa Bash and Larry Collins
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DPD Officer Injured After Crash Into Oak Cliff Creek
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Dallas police are praising a dozen bystanders who rushed to help an officer critically injured Monday when a collision sent his patrol car airborne and then crashing down into an Oak Cliff creek about thirty feet below.
Following the crash, movie collective with NBC five shows almost a dozen people who scrambled down a hillside and into a creek bed where together they worked to stabilize the toppled vehicle.
Police hailed the quick response from the “courageous and caring citizens” as inspiring. “The love from our community is truly inspiring,” the department said.
The officer, responding to a burglary call, was driving south in the three thousand one hundred block of South Westmoreland Drive near West Keist Boulevard at about Two:15 p.m. when a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck failed to yield and T-boned the squad car, sending the officer’s car into Fivemile Creek, police said.
“All of a unexpected we heard this noisy crash,” said witness Lenora Jefferson. “The officer was minding his own business, and then all of unexpected we just eyed those two collide, and the officer’s car became airborne and went into the creek, the ravine.”
Witness Describes Dallas Police Officer Crash
A Dallas police officer was injured when the patrol car he was driving was involved in a crash near Keist Boulevard and Westmoreland Drive in Oak Cliff, and witness Lenora Jefferson describes what she eyed.
“I instantly got on the phone to call nine hundred eleven and told them they needed to get some officers here because one of their comrades had been involved in a crash, and he’s in that creek there — and I think it’s awful — and they needed to get here as soon as they can, quickly. And they were here quickly,” Jefferson said.
Dallas police said the officer, identified Tuesday as Sr. Cpl. Dale Ordogne, was transported to Methodist Dallas Medical Center with critical injuries. His condition is stable, police said.
DPD Officer Injured in Crash Into Creek
A Dallas police officer was injured when the officer’s patrol car careened into a creek bed after a crash Monday afternoon in Oak Cliff.
Dallas Police Department spokesman Sgt. Warren Mitchell said officers proceed to search for the driver of the truck, who fled the scene after the crash. He also said there may have been more than one person in the truck at the time.
DPD Sergeant Updates Officer-Involved Crash
Sgt. Warren Mitchell, a Dallas Police spokesman, describes a crash involving a Dallas police officer Monday, May 29, 2017, near Keist Boulevard and Westmoreland Drive.
Police don’t yet know whether the driver intentionally struck the officer’s vehicle, and the investigation is ongoing.
Several fellow officers were seen coming in the hospital Monday evening.
Dallas Officer Rushed to Methodist Hospital After Crash
The Dallas police officer who was injured in a crash into a creek Monday afternoon was rushed to Dallas Methodist Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
A bystander recorded movie of at least a dozen people who ran into the creek to attempt and shove the patrol car back onto its tires and help rescue the officer.
Witness Movie: Dallas Police vehicle involved in crash goes into creek. Citizens attempt to help. pic.twitter.com/ruOBCEl02T
Benji Rogers works nearby and was one of the good Samaritans who rushed down to help. He used to work in law enforcement, he said, and his instincts instantly kicked in.
“I knew nobody. Nobody knew me. And everybody was on the same page,” Rogers said. “Even in today’s society with everything that is going wrong, that’s the right thing to do, absolutely. And I wouldn’t have thought twice. Everybody just helped out like they’re supposed to.”
Thank you to these courageous & caring citizens who ran to the aid of one of our officers today. The love from our community is truly inspiring. https://t.co/lCYm5s5c2o
In response to an NBC five tweet showcasing the bystanders’ movie, Dallas police said Monday evening: “Thank you to these courageous and caring citizens who ran to the aid of one of our officers today. The love from our community is truly inspiring.”
NBC Five’s Holley Ford contributed to this report.