Update: Racine Police Officer Suffers Minor Injuries After Crash with Semi
The Racine Police Department confirmed that an officer was taken to Wheaton Franciscan All Saint's with minor injuries after his squad car was clipped while traveling south on I-94.
**Updated 4 p.m. Officer Tim Waystedt, an 18-veteran of the Racine Police Department, was taken to Wheaton Franciscan St. Mary's Tuesday after his squad car got wedged under one semi truck after he was clipped by a first semi truck. According to Racine PD's Public Information Officer Sgt. Jessie Metoyer, Waystedt, 46, suffered minor injuries and by 4 p.m. was either released or getting ready to be released from the hospital. Waystedt was driving southbound on I-94 near the 7-Mile Road exit when he was struck by a semi truck. Waystedt's car went into a spin and was wedged briefly under another semi before the car spun away and ended up in a ditch. The accident is believed to have happened around 12:20 p.m. "Officer Waystedt is a K-9 officer…
Scott Wright
4:21 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
What the K9's don't have 4 legs to walk? They are not left in the vehicle while they spend an hour or so writing up reports and chit chatting inside. Once they come out wof the police dept. with there dog they can hop in there own car or get on a bus or in a taxi at their expense. Why should the tax payor have to pay to buy more police cars so someone doesn't have to use their own car. GD it's … more ›