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<\/p>\nA Philadelphia officer failed to help the victim of a deadly hit-and-run both before and after the crash, police said. <\/p>\n
On Thursday, Aug. 27, around 8:30 a.m., the Philadelphia Police Department’s Crash Investigation Division was notified by the medical examiner of a crash victim who had been pronounced dead earlier that morning. At the time, however, investigators had no knowledge of the crash as a police report had never been filed. <\/p>\n
Police then had to work backwards and were able to determine what happened after obtaining surveillance video from nearby businesses and a city camera. <\/p>\n
Investigators said on Thursday around 1:40 a.m., an unidentified man was walking with an unsteady gait in the bike lane along the 5500 block of Rising Sun Avenue. A 35th District police officer who was driving in the area then pulled up next to the man and began to speak with him while still inside his vehicle.<\/p>\n
During the conversation, the man fell to the ground. The officer then exited the vehicle and continued to speak to the man who remained on the ground in the bike lane. <\/p>\n
Police said the officer then went back into his car and drove away from the scene as the man continued to lie on the ground. At some point, another person walked over to the victim and began to speak with him. At that point, the victim was lying partially in the street as well as the bike lane.<\/p>\n
As the conversation continued, a vehicle in the area stopped near the victim. Then a second vehicle — described by police as a 2023-2026 jungle green Kia Sportage, X-Line — went around the first vehicle and ran the man over.<\/p>\n
Police said the Sportage — which had black and chrome rims — continued eastbound on Tabor Road without stopping. <\/p>\n
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L to R: Surveillance photo of the hit-and-run vehicle. A stock photo of the make and model.<\/p>\n
Both the initial witness and a second person then moved the victim onto a curb and called 911. Both medics and the 35th District police officer who initially spoke with the victim then arrived at the scene. Police said the officer once again failed to render aid to the victim and never filed a report.<\/p>\n
Medics then took the victim to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The victim has not yet been identified. <\/p>\n
During a press conference Friday afternoon, First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford criticized the officer, saying that his conduct went “against everything we stand for.” <\/p>\n
“We talk about empathy. We talk about compassion as an organization,” Stanford said. “And none of those things were on display.” <\/p>\n
The officer — who has not yet been identified — was placed on administrative duty amid an internal affairs investigation. Stanford said the officer has been with the department for two years.<\/p>\n