Maj. Bart Thompson of the LSU Police Department was involved in a traffic crash last Thursday morning with LSU student Paulina Tran, who said Thompson hit her parked car and drove away.

Tran said she saw Thompson, in a black unmarked SUV, drive to the Public Safety Building after hitting her car. She said she went in and filed a police report, and after examining both cars, Thompson denied hitting her.

LSUPD released a crash report saying Thompson backed into Tran while in a vehicle owned by LSU, but it did not mention a hit and run.

Tran said it was not the crash that upset her, but Thompson’s denial of the wreck.

“He said there was no way his car did that, and there was no damages or evidence on his vehicle to match up with that damage,” Tran said. “He called me a liar in so many words.”

Thompson later acknowledged the hit, shown in the police report.

Tran, who delivers issues of The Daily Reveille, said she was delivering newspapers near Jesse Coates Hall at 6:50 a.m., got out of her car with the engine and lights still on, and Thompson backed into her while allowing a construction vehicle to enter the parking lot.

Tran said the damage was minimal – only a dent and scratch on both vehicles.

The man in the construction vehicle provided a second report to LSUPD as a witness, according to Tran and the LSUPD report.

LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said there was no other information available other than what was in the police report.

Thompson was unavailable for comment Tuesday.