PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Ten folks had been injured after a police visitors officer on a bike crashed into bystanders at a weekend vacation parade in Palm Springs, California, authorities mentioned.
All the injured had been taken to hospitals Saturday evening for remedy of accidents that weren’t life-threatening, together with the officer, based on police.
Witnesses instructed The Desert Solar newspaper that the officer was popping a wheelie and all of the sudden misplaced management of the bike.
The bike slid into the gang of spectators and introduced the festive occasion to a standstill for greater than an hour.
Authorities mentioned some emergency responders taking part within the parade helped the injured, together with crews on ambulances and hearth vehicles nonetheless adorned with vacation lights.
The crash occurred round 6 p.m. as crowds gathered to look at the thirty second annual Palm Springs Pageant of Lights Parade that sometimes attracts between 80,000 and 100,000 spectators.
“I really feel horrible in regards to the accident and accidents to the very folks we defend,” Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills mentioned on Fb.
Metropolis officers mentioned the California Freeway Patrol is investigating the crash and in search of any witness movies.
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