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KHP report: Pittsburg police officers injures pedestrian with car

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PITTSBURG, Kan. — The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating after a Pittsburg police vehicle struck a pedestrian.

The Pittsburg police department says the vehicle struck 23-year-old Marco Dias in a city street Thursday night in Pittsburg. He was taken to Ascension Via Christi Hospital.

The patrol says the police vehicle was driven by 24-year-old Nicholas Cook, who is listed as residing in Raymore, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol Online Crash Log.

Cook was driving southbound on South Walnut Street when Dias "entered the roadway from the East" near West Kansas Street, according to the KHP report.

Ascension Via Christi said Dias was not listed as a patient at the Pittsburg hospital on Monday.