By JORDAN GREEN, News Editor
When a Northwestern student collided with another vehicle in Alva on Oct. 30, he didn’t have to wait for the police to arrive.
An officer was already there – in the other car.
A Northwestern student collided with a university police car on Oct. 30 at the intersection of College Avenue and Oklahoma Boulevard after the student made an improper left turn, Alva police reported.
Northwestern student Blake Gerber and Northwestern Police Officer Blake Trekell were uninjured in the wreck, police reported, and their vehicles had only minor damage.
Trekell was driving the university police department’s marked 2011 Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser eastbound in the outside lane of Oklahoma Boulevard near the intersection of College Avenue, and Gerber was driving his 2009 Dodge Ram southbound on College Avenue.
Gerber turned left at the intersection, striking the left rear side of the police car, according to a traffic collision report filed by the Alva Police Department.
Police said both vehicles were drivable after the collision. According to the report, police ticketed Gerber for making the improper turn.