DAVENPORT — The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a crash in which a vehicle driven by Davenport’s police chief hit a woman in a wheelchair. The incident happened Tuesday morning when Police Chief Frank Donchez was driving in downtown Davenport.
Donchez turned into an intersection and hit Murvine M. Meyer, who was crossing using a wheelchair and accompanied by a guide dog. The vehicle knocked over the wheelchair.
Meyer, 63, was taken to a hospital, where she was treated for injuries to her forearm and released.
The guide dog wasn’t injured.
No citations have been issued, and the state patrol is investigating as part of the Davenport Police Department’s protocol for such incidents.
Donchez recently accepted a job as chief of the police department in Overland Park, Kansas. He will begin his new job Oct. 20.