LACROSSE, Wis. – Police confirmed that an officer ran over a fellow officer and another man Friday at South Side playground. This was after dark. Because of poor lighting, an officer arriving in a backup squad car couldn’t see the men struggling on the ground, the Police Department said in a statement. The injured officer was treated at a hospital and released. The second injured man was treated for non-life threatening injuries. The Department statement gave this account:
> An officer on patrol observed a man near the playground parking lot about 8 p.m.
> The man declined to identify himself and became resistive.
> The officer called for backup and then lost radio contact.
> The officer and the man struggled, and both fell wrestling on the pavement.
> One backup officer did not know the original officer and suspect were on the ground due to poor lighting.
> The back-up officer drove toward the first officer’s car, not realizing that the the struggle was taking place between the two vehicles.