Officer Arrested After Fatal Hit And Run
Boy Hit, Killed On Bilby Road In Elk Grove
POSTED: 6:51 am PDT June 1, 2005
UPDATED: 7:13 am PDT June 1, 2005
ELK GROVE, Calif. -- A Sacramento police officer has been arrested after allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 13-year-old boy.
The boy was hit Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Bilby Road and Stathos Drive in Elk Grove.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the boy had just been dropped off by a school bus when he was struck by a white Ford Expedition allegedly driven by Sacramento police officer Jason March.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
March fled the scene, but witnesses stopped him just a few blocks away, where he was later arrested.
March, 29, was off duty at the time of the crash. He has been with the Sacramento Police Department for three years.
"One of our off-duty officers has committed an outrageous act against our community, and I am stunned really beyond words that someone -- Jason March -- who had a sworn oath to protect this community, has violated that oath," Sacramento Police Chief Albert Najera said.
The California Highway Patrol is conducting an independent investigation in the incident.
CHP officials said March failed a field sobriety test at the scene.
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shit was on the news last night.he is now on paid administrative leave,standard protocol.but the chief said he's tryna fire him as soon as possible...........
Boy Hit, Killed On Bilby Road In Elk Grove
POSTED: 6:51 am PDT June 1, 2005
UPDATED: 7:13 am PDT June 1, 2005
ELK GROVE, Calif. -- A Sacramento police officer has been arrested after allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 13-year-old boy.
The boy was hit Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Bilby Road and Stathos Drive in Elk Grove.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the boy had just been dropped off by a school bus when he was struck by a white Ford Expedition allegedly driven by Sacramento police officer Jason March.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
March fled the scene, but witnesses stopped him just a few blocks away, where he was later arrested.
March, 29, was off duty at the time of the crash. He has been with the Sacramento Police Department for three years.
"One of our off-duty officers has committed an outrageous act against our community, and I am stunned really beyond words that someone -- Jason March -- who had a sworn oath to protect this community, has violated that oath," Sacramento Police Chief Albert Najera said.
The California Highway Patrol is conducting an independent investigation in the incident.
CHP officials said March failed a field sobriety test at the scene.
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shit was on the news last night.he is now on paid administrative leave,standard protocol.but the chief said he's tryna fire him as soon as possible...........
