PORT ANGELES, Wash. — Washington State Patrol (WSP) is investigating an incident in which a Clallam County sheriff’s deputy ran over a woman while responding to a welfare check.
According to the sheriff’s office, on Oct. 26, just before 5 a.m., the deputy responded to a call about a woman who may have been experiencing a medical event in the large parking lot of an abandoned business on Highway 101 in Port Angeles, near Pioneer Road and Monroe Road.
The deputy entered the dark parking lot and was driving slowly when he felt his vehicle hit something, the sheriff’s office said.
The deputy backed up and checked the front of his patrol vehicle and found a woman lying on the pavement, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office said that the deputy called for medics, and the woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Her condition is unknown at this time.
The woman doesn’t appear to be from the area, and her identity has not been released at this time.
The investigation is ongoing.