NewsJuly 28, 2022
Cape Girardeau police release report on officer-involved crash
A Cape Girardeau Police Department report regarding an officer-involved vehicle crash July 19 faults the officer for failing to yield but does not indicate he was using a hand-held communications device at the time of the incident. The report said officer Wyatt Willis was driving a 2016 Dodge Charger as he exited the Arby's parking lot onto Independence Street. Willis described vehicles on Independence Street providing a gap for him to drive through as he began to turn west into a turning lane...
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A Cape Girardeau Police Department report regarding an officer-involved vehicle crash July 19 faults the officer for failing to yield but does not indicate he was using a hand-held communications device at the time of the incident.
The report said officer Wyatt Willis was driving a 2016 Dodge Charger as he exited the Arby's parking lot onto Independence Street. Willis described vehicles on Independence Street providing a gap for him to drive through as he began to turn west into a turning lane.
As he did so, a 2016 Nissan Versa, driven by Kaylee Grebenick of Chaffee, Missouri, was westbound in the turn lane and collided with Willis's vehicle.
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According to the report, neither Grebenick nor Willis were injured.
Two people who claimed to have witnessed the incident said Willis appeared to be using a cellphone at the time of the crash.
The report faults Willis for failure to yield but does not list any distracted/inattentive information as being a probable contributing circumstance.
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