NEWS RELEASE
City of Takoma Park Police Department
* 7500 Maple Avenue * Takoma Park, Md 20912
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer (PIO)
Catherine Plevy, 301/891.7142 or 240/338.2901
March 26, 2009 (8:07 p.m.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chief Ronald A. Ricucci from the Takoma Park Police Department announces that at 3:54 p.m. today, at 116 Lee Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland, a Takoma Park police officer, enroute to assist another police officer on a call for service, struck a 10-year old female child as she was getting off of her school bus. The child was transported by her parents to the Washington Adventist Hospital and released. She was not seriously injured. The officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.