New details in the aggravated assault case against a Phoenix police officer who rolled a police SUV reveal there were four victims in the crash.
Joshua Woodcock, who has been with the Phoenix Police Department since 2015, was identified in a newly unsealed indictment as the officer charged with one count of aggravated assault and three counts of endangerment.
Woodcock, driving a Phoenix police SUV on March 14, was traveling more than 50 mph over the speed limit when he struck another vehicle and rolled the SUV onto its side near Buckeye Road and the Interstate 17 access road, according to a police news release.
The crash injured Mahamat Abakar and, according to the indictment, placed Malu Muzungwa Malu, Gary Gaspard and William Roderick Lewis at “substantial risk of imminent death.”
Neither the indictment nor Phoenix police have said how many vehicles were involved or which victims were in which vehicle.
Woodcock, who earned $143,666 in 2024 according to the city’s salary database, has been on administrative leave since August, according to Phoenix police spokesperson Lorraine Fernandez.
Phoenix police previously said the crash remained “part of an internal investigation.” No updates on the status of that review were given.
Woodcock was scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 3.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Phoenix police officer indicted over high-speed crash