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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Officer, Man Hurt In Collision

From Staff Reports

A police officer and a Spokane man suffered minor injuries Friday afternoon in a two-car collision downtown.

The officer, Rob Boothe, was responding to a fight at Second and Howard about 5:25 p.m., said police spokesman Dick Cottam.

Boothe was driving east on First Avenue with lights flashing and sirens sounding. He stopped for a red light at Monroe and let some cars pass, Cottam said.

As Boothe crossed Monroe, his patrol car was hit on the driver’s side by a 1983 Nissan traveling south about 30 mph, Cottam said.

Neither Boothe nor the driver of the Nissan, Chris Wille, was hospitalized. Both cars were driven from the scene.

Police are investigating the traffic accident, but no citations were issued.

Wille said he couldn’t recall if the patrol car was running with lights or siren and that it seemed “to come out of nowhere.”