Police: Officer ****** in crash drove 109 mph with no lights, sirens
Sheriff calls speed in early morning on Flamingo Road ‘excessive and unsafe’
Metro Police Officer James Manor, who was ****** earlier this month while responding to a 911 call, was speeding and had no emergency lights or siren on at the time of the crash, police said Wednesday.
Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Manor was traveling east on Flamingo Road at 109 mph just before the collision, which occurred at 1:49 a.m. on May 7.
At the time of the crash, the officer’s car was clocked at 90 mph, Gillespie said. Manor wasn't wearing a seat belt.
The sheriff said officers must obey traffic laws if responding to calls without using their vehicle's emergency lights and siren. The speed limit along the stretch of Flamingo where the crash occurred is 45 mph.
“Officer Manor’s speed was excessive and unsafe,” Gillespie said.
The sheriff said he learned of the officer's speed, gathered from laboratory tests, late Friday night.
“Even with lights and sirens, that speed was excessive," Gillespie said.
