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Philadelphia officer hits woman with patrol car, leaving pedestrian in critical condition

The officer struck the woman near Ninth and South Streets.

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic at Ninth and South Streets, where a Philadelphia police officer struck a pedestrian on Tuesday.
Pedestrian and vehicle traffic at Ninth and South Streets, where a Philadelphia police officer struck a pedestrian on Tuesday.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer
    by Rodrigo Torrejón
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A Philadelphia police officer hit a 55-year-old woman with the officer’s patrol car Tuesday morning, leaving the pedestrian in critical condition with multiple injuries, police said.

At 9:10 a.m. Tuesday, a Philadelphia police officer driving a patrol car hit the woman near Ninth and South Streets, police said. The woman, whose name was not released, suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

The woman was listed in critical condition late Tuesday morning.

Police did not immediately release the name of the police officer, saying that the department does not identify drivers of a striking vehicle unless they flee the scene or are arrested. The officer was placed on 30 days of non-driving status, police said.

Police did not release further details about what happened, saying the investigation was in its early stages.

Further details about what happened were not immediately available.