Wichita cop drove up to 100 mph in town, without lights and sirens, before injury crash

A Wichita police officer speeding to a burglary call without his emergency lights and sirens on was at one point going 100 mph on Broadway in the moments before he slammed into another vehicle in downtown Wichita, according to an arrest affidavit released Wednesday.

Samuel Dugo, a two-year veteran of the Wichita police force, has been charged with a count of felony aggravated battery in connection with the March 16 crash that sent 71-year-old Donald S. Clark of Bel Aire to the hospital with brain bleeding, broken ribs and neck bones and a broken shoulder.

Clark was thrown through the windshield of his Ford Ranger pickup after Dugo’s patrol car, a Chevy Tahoe, hit him at 79 mph as he was crossing Broadway on Pine Street. Clark reportedly had stopped at a stop sign before pulling out into the intersection.

Prosecutors allege Dugo was driving recklessly that night. Dugo’s defense attorney, however, says that Dugo’s driving “was consistent with police practices and not reckless” and that the officer took “evasive action in an attempt to avoid a collision” with Clark’s truck as it drove into his path.

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