HN VIDEO: Police officer “rolled over” and injured while checking...

UPDATE – BPD MEDIA STATEMENT/UPDATE: On Sunday 9/27/20 at approximately 2:39 a.m., the Barnstable Police received a phone call regarding a suspicious motor vehicle parked in a driveway on Phinneys Lane in [Barnstable]. The caller informed the dispatcher that he did not recognize the car parked on his property.

Upon arriving at the scene, Officer Kevin Shaw and Officer Kristina Gustafson observed the driver of the vehicle, 23 year old Marstons Mills resident James Ledoux, to be unconscious. Shaw and Gustafson also observed that the locked vehicle was running and the car’s transmission was in reverse, but Ledoux’s foot was on the brake. Numerous attempts were made to wake Ledoux, however, he would not respond. Fearing Ledoux was suffering a medical emergency, Officer Shaw broke the passenger window, reached in and unlocked the car doors.

When Officer Gustafson attempted to place the vehicle in park, Ledoux took his foot off the brake and the vehicle began rolling towards the house. Officer Gustafson was dragged by the vehicle and her foot was then run over by the car’s tire. The car continued moving down the driveway and Officer Shaw was able to steer the car away from the house. The vehicle eventually crashed into a truck parked at the end of the driveway.

[Barnstable] Rescue was called to the scene and Officer Gustafson was transported to Cape Cod Hospital, where she was treated and released with minor injuries to her foot and ankle.

Upon further investigation, it was determined that James Ledoux was not suffering from any medical problems, but was intoxicated. Subsequently, Ledoux was placed under arrest for OUI Liquor, Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (Motor Vehicle) and Assault and Battery on a Police Officer.

Ledoux was later bailed on personal recognizance. He is set to be arraigned in Barnstable District Court this morning.

BARNSTABLE – [DEVELOPING] – Police were checking on a male suspected of being passed out inside a running SUV in somebody’s driveway earlier this morning, when a Barnstable Police Officer was “rolled over” and injured by the vehicle.

As you will see and hear in the following HN Video, shortly before 3am, officers responded to a residence on Phinneys Lane for a call about a suspicious vehicle idling in somebody’s driveway.

The male appeared to be passed out inside the running SUV, which was said to be still in gear.

According to sources, when the male did not respond, officers smashed the passenger side window in order to gain access. A Barnstable Police patrol officer reached in and tried to put the vehicle in park. It was then that the SUV somehow rolled over the officer’s right leg, injuring it.

Barnstable Fire Department sent an ambulance to the scene. As you will see in the following HN Video, the officer was bandaged, placed onto a stretcher, and then transported to Cape Cod Hospital.

The young officer is a recent police academy graduate who was nearing the end of her mandatory field training with department.

Her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening…

The man who was thought to be passed out inside of the vehicle was arrested and charged with OUI, A&B on a Police Officer, and A&B with a Dangerous Weapon, according to radio transmissions.

HN will provide updated details and official updates on the officer’s condition as they become available. [DEVELOOPING]

The following HN Video highlights this morning’s scene and radio transmissions…

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