News brief: Elk blamed for wrecking patrol car

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

While the investigating trooper reported a Long Beach Police Department officer from Curtis was injured when he struck an elk on the highway early Monday, his chief says he was unhurt.

“He’s fine, nobody was hurt,” Long Beach Police Department Flint Wright said.

Officer Michael T. Parker, 38, was crawling about 15 mph on northbound U.S. Highway 101 about three miles east of Long Beach because he came upon a herd of elk, and two of the animals came off the side of the road and T-boned his patrol car, according to Wright.

Parker was transporting a prisoner to the jail and they went to the hospital as a precautionary measure, Wright said.

The damage to the 2005 Ford Crown Victoria was described as “reportable”, but Wright said the estimated $6,000 to $7,000 to repair it meant it probably won’t get fixed.
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For background, read “News brief: Police officer from Curtis hospitalized after colliding with elk” from Monday May 4, 2015, here

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3 Responses to “News brief: Elk blamed for wrecking patrol car”

  1. G Ross says:

    why will the police car not be fixed.are police car have insurance because last time a deer t-bone my car it was the states responsibility to fix it due to the fact that the deer hit me I did not hit the deer so what’s up here.that is what I was told by my insurance company.so are police cars insured or not … if so I would suggest fixing that car because the taxpayers are tired of buying new cars for you to race around the county like a bunch of angry bees

  2. BleeBloo says:

    yeah, blame the elk, it’s the elk’s fault

  3. still waiting for justice says:

    I do not see where the elk were cited for failure to yield? come on police-if I T boned the car-I would of got a ticket