READING — Police Chief David Clark and the Reading Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the operator of a vehicle that struck an officer while conducting a routine traffic stop on Saturday night.
****To view a video of the vehicle in question, click here. The suspected vehicle, a red pickup truck, can be seen at roughly 8 seconds and is the second vehicle that appears in the video.****
On Saturday, Oct. 26, at about 7:29 p.m., a Reading Police officer was conducting a routine traffic stop near 326 Lowell St. and Willow Street when they were struck on the elbow by the side-view mirror of a passing pickup truck. The vehicle was traveling east on Lowell Street and turned south on Willow Street.
The officer was treated at a local hospital for injuries that were not believed to be serious and was released.
The pickup truck is red with a black bumper and is believed to be an older model.
The vehicle may also have a light strip across the back of the tailgate door.
Reading Police ask residents to check personal surveillance footage that may have captured the incident in the area of Lowell Street and Willow Street.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call Reading Police at 781-944-1212.
