A Seattle Police dash camera recording of officers and paramedics responding to an Oct. 24 crash was posted to YouTube by the victim who is frustrated with comments allegedly mocking him.
West Seattle resident Tim Nelson was hit by a semi truck on the lower West Seattle Bridge while jogging to work during the Alaska Way Viaduct week-long closure in October, sustaining life-threatening injuries.
Nelson told KOMO News on Dec. 20 that his lawyer obtained the dash-cam video from the responding SPD officer’s vehicle, and he was appalled by the comments apparently made by two officers after he was taken away by ambulance with a broken back, six broken ribs, a fractured skull, lacerated organs and a collapsed lung.
The YouTube video posted by Nelson can be viewed here, but be aware it has verbal and written profanity.
In the video posted to YouTube two SPD officers on the scene of the crash are overheard discussing Nelson’s decision to run to work:
“Yeah, They say he flew up in the air and landed on his noggin," a female officer said in the recording.
A male officer responded, “Hey, that ain't my problem."
"That's why you drive a car,” the female officer responded.
"Yeah, don't try to jog to work, you (expletive)," the male officer said.
The dash-cam also recorded officers talking about the truck driver involved in the crash, and apparently mocking his foreign accent.
Seattle Police said the video has been sent to the Office of Professional Accountability for investigation and they cannot comment until the inquiry runs it course.