When Tavake struck Casselman, the officer had been going 54 mph, according to the investigation. The speed limit at that point on Washington Boulevard is 35 mph. Tavake did not slow down or hit the brakes as he approached Casselman, the report states.
Officer Paul Tavake hit a 69-year-old man with his police cruiser as the pedestrian used a crosswalk.
After walking east along 27th Street, Casselman came to the crosswalk at Washington Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. and began walking across it with the help of a cane. But before Casselman made it halfway, the light for north and south traffic on the wide street turned green, and Tavake struck Casselman with his patrol car as he drove through the intersection.
After the crash, Tavake told an Ogden police officer that he had briefly looked down at the work laptop in his car just before hitting Casselman. But the investigative report states there is no evidence that shows Tavake had been using his computer for any purposes that were not related to his duties, and that he had not been using his cellphone.
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