An investigation is ongoing.
Deputy Brien, 58, who was driving a 2017 “fully marked” Chevrolet Tahoe, “made a right turn” as he left to respond to the call, causing him to drive over a 23-year-old woman “while she was lying on her back in the sand,” the sheriff’s office said.“According to investigators, the front driver side tire of the Tahoe drove over Diffenderfer’s right side and mid to upper back area,” authorities wrote.
The sheriff’s office said Diffenderfer sustained “non-life threatening injuries” and was transported to the hospital for treatment.Brien, who has been with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office for nearly a decade, was not injured in the incident.No further details regarding Diffenderfer’s condition have been released.
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