Police: Florida officer ran over pair lying in road to watch eclipse

A Florida police department says an officer ran over two people who were lying in a dark roadway to watch Sunday night's lunar eclipse.The West Palm Beach Police Department said the accident happened near the 3100 block of North Jog Road in West Palm Beach, Sunday night.The officer was patrolling a nature preserve around midnight when his vehicle struck the pair, investigators said. Both pedestrians were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injures.Police believe the pedestrians were there to watch and photograph the super blood wolf moon eclipse in the darkness of the nature preserve.The police officer's vehicle, a Ford Explorer, was traveling about 5 miles per hour.The officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while the case is being investigated.

A Florida police department says an officer ran over two people who were lying in a dark roadway to watch Sunday night's lunar eclipse.



The West Palm Beach Police Department said the accident happened near the 3100 block of North Jog Road in West Palm Beach, Sunday night.


The officer was patrolling a nature preserve around midnight when his vehicle struck the pair, investigators said.

Both pedestrians were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injures.

Police believe the pedestrians were there to watch and photograph the super blood wolf moon eclipse in the darkness of the nature preserve.

The police officer's vehicle, a Ford Explorer, was traveling about 5 miles per hour.

The officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while the case is being investigated.

