A man was knocked down by an on duty police officer last night. George Garbutt was walking with his dog between miles 2 and 3 on the Western Highway when he was knocked down by Police Sergeant Hector Rodriquez. Sgt. Rodriquez, who is attached to the Police’s Traffic Department, was on a motorcycle enroute to the Western Highway checkpoint when he saw Garbutt walking his dog.
Rodriquez says he swerved left and applied brakes to avoid hitting Garbutt but Garbutt tried to dodge him and went in the same direction and that’s when the collision occurred.
Garbutt received head injuries and abrasions to the foot and was taken to the hospital where he is listed in a stable condition. Sgt. Rodriquez received abrasions to both elbows, a cut wound to the right knee and right palm.
