Overview
- A Menlo Park officer was hurt during a vehicle pursuit that crossed the Dumbarton Bridge on Wednesday, May 27, and was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
- Menlo Park officers began following a speeding vehicle after a San Mateo County be‑on‑the‑look‑out alert; officials have variously linked the alert to an assault with a deadly weapon and to reports of mail theft and outstanding felony warrants.
- The patrol vehicle struck the center divider west of the toll plaza, spun and made contact with an uninvolved car that sustained only minor damage while its driver was uninjured, according to the department.
- The suspect’s vehicle continued eastbound after the crash and remains at large; authorities described a gray GMC Acadia in one account and have issued multi‑agency BOLOs while they search.
- Investigations into the pursuit and crash are ongoing, authorities have not released names or the officer’s exact condition, and eastbound lanes that were briefly closed have since been reopened.