A Unified Police officer with history of hitting large objects with her police cruiser won’t face criminal charges for running over and killing a woman who was lying down in a parking lot.
Since Officer Megan Franklin was unaware 23-year-old Cindreia Europe was lying on the ground in a dark parking lot on the night of March 5 when she was investigating a report of a “man down,” Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill reasoned Franklin could not be held criminally responsible for hitting the woman.
In a letter sent to Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera and Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown on Friday, Gill said he weighed whether or not he could charge Franklin with reckless conduct or criminal negligence.