Police Cruiser Runs Over Sunbather At Venice Beach

VENICE, CA — A Los Angeles Police cruiser ran over a woman as she sunbathed at Venice Beach Sunday, but she escaped without serious injury, according to authorities. She's not the first sunbather to be run over by a police or lifeguard vehicle on an LA beach.

The accident happened about 2:10 p.m. near 1000 Ocean Front Walk, just off the boardwalk, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said.

Police told reporters those in the vehicle were patrolling the sandy part of the beach and turned their vehicle when they saw they hit someone, Fox 11 reported. When they got out of the vehicle they found a 25- to 30-year-old woman under their SUV cruiser.

The woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

In 2017, the Board of Supervisors voted to pay out $1.7 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a newlywed inadvertently run over by a lifeguard's SUV while sunbathing at Venice Beach.

In 2016, A 53-year-old man suffered serious injuries when a Los Angeles County Beaches and Harbors Department's maintenance truck struck him while he was in the sand at Venice Beach.

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City News Service contributed to this report.