A Philadelphia police officer who was driving drunk was in the air, plowed into a house, pinned a woman under his car and critically injured, police said.
Officer Gregory Campbell, 27, was driving in Northeast Philadelphia at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday and lost control and crashed his car into a home on 2800 Comply Road, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.
Camplaw, assigned to the department’s 14th district, hit the 53-year-old woman, as well as a 45-year-old man and their two dogs, Outlaw said. The woman was pinned under the car and unconscious before being rushed to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition. The man sustained the injury to his right arm, hand, hip and leg, as well as a rash on his back.
“The fact that the offender in this case is a Philadelphia police officer is appalling,” Outlaw said in a statement. “Police officers must be kept to a higher standard – even if they are not on duty – and I assure the victims and the public that a full and thorough investigation will take place.”
Campbell is charged with aggravated assault, DUI and related offenses.
John McNesby, President of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5, reflected Outlaw by sending prayers to the family of the victims. He called it an “unfortunate incident” and said the union would “continue to monitor the investigation”.