Police Department And Township To Be Sued Over Crash

The family of a woman that was seriously injured and lost her baby in a crash with a police department vehicle is to sue the township and the police department. The family of the woman plan to file a lawsuit for a number of issues, including wrongful death of the unborn child, emotional distress, assault and battery, and personal injury.
The woman was eight months pregnant at the time of the accident, and was on her way to the Bowling Center. The police vehicle, driven by Officer Michael Taylor, hit her on the driver´s side from behind. As a result, the woman&acutes car was pushed into a utility pole and then onto a grassed area.
The woman is now in rehabilitation, and the officer involved in the crash was not seriously injured. Witnesses report that the officer had his lights and sirens on when he hit the car, as he was responding to an emergency situation at the time of the crash.
An investigation is being carried out into the crash, and the information will be made available to the family before being disclosed to other parties.
(Important Note: This article previously identified the crash victim as ´Sara Donovan of Pitman&acute. While derived from police documents, this information is incorrect and the article has been reflected to correct our error. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. Topic Added September 19th, 2005