Lowell law enforcement officer on paid leave after accident

SPRINGDALE -- A Lowell police officer was put on paid administrative leave in mid-June after the city vehicle he was driving collided with another vehicle in Springdale.

Lowell Police Chief Randy Harvey said Harold A. Dominguez was placed on paid administrative leave the morning after the June 17 accident because of a pending toxicology report. Dominguez was still on leave Tuesday.

The accident occurred at the intersection of Quandt Avenue and Maple Drive at 7:59 p.m. June 17, according to the crash report. Dominguez, 44, was driving a city Dodge Charger west on Quandt Avenue when the vehicle collided with a Buick LeSabre driven by Patricia Crawford, 48, of Springdale. The LeSabre was stopped on Maple Drive, pointing south, the report said.

Crawford wrote in her statement she pulled up to a stop sign, looked right and was hit by another vehicle.

Dominguez wrote in his statement a woman was pulling out of a driveway. He wrote she pulled forward as he began to pass her, and her vehicle struck the front of his vehicle. He signed the statement "Alex Dominguez."

A witness, Herlinda Vela of 27C Applegate Drive, wrote in a statement about seeing a police car drive up onto a curb at Caudle Avenue and Applegate Drive, less than a mile from where the accident happened. Dominguez's address is listed in the report as 64B Applegate Drive.

A telephone number to contact Dominguez couldn't be found. The number was redacted from the accident report and wasn't complete on his handwritten statement.

Dominguez was taken to Northwest Medical Center-Springdale, according to the report. Harvey said he wasn't sure what type of injury Dominguez had, but Dominguez did not stay in the hospital overnight, he said.

Springdale Police Department is waiting on the toxicology report on Dominguez, said Lt. Scott Lewis, public information officer with the department. He said he's not sure when the report will be finished.

The two vehicles involved in the accident each had an estimated $5,000 worth of damage, according to the report. Both vehicles were towed from the accident scene.

NW News on 07/08/2015

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