A western Kansas police officer who crashed his patrol vehicle into a car, killing its driver, while responding to an emergency call was not using lights and sirens.
The wreck happened early Saturday morning as Cpl. Shane Harris was responding to a break-in in progress call, law enforcement officials said. Vanessa Guzman drove into the path of the patrol vehicle, and the resulting collision rolled her car over a guardrail. She was ejected as the car rolled and died of her injuries.
The Dodge City Police Department said Tuesday in an update on the case that the officer was not using lights and sirens. The officers responding to the original break-in report downgraded the emergency response from lights and sirens due to information they received while en route.
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