WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. _ Two people who police surmise lay in a dark roadway to watch Sunday night's lunar eclipse were run over by a West Palm Beach police car, the agency said Monday.
The two were taken to a hospital that city police did not name and were being treated for "non-life-threatening injuries," the police statement said. It did not elaborate.
The statement said that about 11:30 p.m., at the height of the eclipse, the officer was patrolling the Apoxee Wilderness Trail, on Jog Road about a mile north of Okeechobee Boulevard, and was traveling around 5 mph when his 2018 Ford Explorer struck the man and woman, both 24.
"The pedestrians live nearby, and since the park is extremely dark, it is believed both pedestrians were inside the park to watch and photograph the lunar eclipse," police said.
It said the officer, whom the statement did not name, was placed on paid administrative leave.
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