Sunbather run over by officer seeks ban

? A French tourist whose sister was killed when a police vehicle ran them over as they sunbathed said Friday that such vehicles should be banned from beaches.

“Too many people have been injured. Too many people have died. And too many people have suffered. This must never happen again,” said Sandrine Tunc, 26, who was critically injured in the accident.

Dressed in black with her hair pulled back tightly and walking with the aid of a cane, Tunc spoke publicly Friday for the first time since the Feb. 22 accident.

Tunc said she was disappointed that the officer driving the Ford Explorer hadn’t apologized to the family, and added she thought he should be sent to jail.

“I want to see him,” Tunc said, her cheeks reddened by tears. “I want him in front of me. I want him to remember my face for the rest of his life. I want him to suffer the way I am going to suffer for the rest of my life.”

The sisters were sunbathing on a crowded oceanfront beach when Officer George Varon, chasing suspected muggers, ran over them with his sport utility vehicle, killing 27-year-old Stephanie Tunc. The suspects got away.

Varon is on administrative leave while the incident is being investigated.