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Show Police car totaled here Aug. 3 Chief of Police Mel Dalton reported an accident involving involv-ing a police car at 5:10 a.m. Wednesday morning. Officer Phil Porter was in pursuit of a motorcycle and was unable to negotiate a turn when the accident occurred. The pursuit began on 4th East and Mill Creek Drive. Officer Porter, driving a 1977 Ford police car, was following a motorcycle which turned onto Murphy Lane, and con- inoAfiOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOO tinued at high speeds. Officer Porter lost control of the car he was driving on a turn and went over a 20 foot embankment. embank-ment. The police car, which apparently ap-parently took a nose dive off the embankment, was totalled in the accident. Officer Porter was treated at Allen Memorial Memor-ial Hospital for bruises and held for x-rays. Mel Dalton added that although al-though the motorcyclist was not identified, it was probably the same driver that has been involved in early morning disturbances and the harassing har-assing of citizens. |