Speaking from Sharp Memorial Hospital in Kearny Mesa, Wahl said Officer Zach Martinez still has a lengthy road to recovery ahead of him.
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego police officer critically injured in a fiery crash on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard last week has been released from the hospital, Chief Scott Wahl announced during a Tuesday afternoon press conference. 'If you'd ask me a week ago that we'd be saying Officer Zach Martinez would be going home... I wouldn't believe it, but that is the case,' Wahl said. 'The first officer that responded to him was also an EMT. In his words: He thought he was dead.
Former baseball coaches remember fallen SDPD officerThe Aug. 27 crash happened after Oviedo refused to pull over for another officer, initiating a high-speed chase in which the silver BMW he was driving hit speeds of over 90 mph, according to a radio call from that day. Oviedo collided with Machitar and Martinez's vehicle as they were responded to the pursuit. The radio call indicates a supervising sergeant called for the pursuit to be terminated just before the crash happened.
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