Tragic, Deadly Auto Accident with a Clayton County Police Officer
GEORGIA - A news story published on macon.com reports that a man was tragically killed in a car accident with a Clayton County police officer.*
The man's 2-year-old son was seriously injured in the collision, according to the Georgia State Patrol troopers. The 21-year-old father and his son were hit at around 5 in the morning, the Georgia State Patrol reported. The location of the crash was on Georgia Highway 85 in Riverdale.
According to the news report, the Clayton County police officer, a 24-year-old man, was traveling northbound as he was responding to a possible emergency call. The news report states that the officer was traveling to the call "without emergency equipment activated." Ahead of the officer, the victim, who was driving a blue Ford Fiesta, was attempting to make a left turn into a KFC from the center lane. At some point, the vehicles collided, causing life-threatening injuries.
The Clayton County police officer attempted to swerve around the blue Ford Fiesta but did hit the Ford on its passenger side, according to a media release. The car crash sent the Clayton County police officer's car off the highway and onto a sidewalk. The officer's vehicle then rolled downhill and slammed into a building. Law enforcement authorities reported that the Ford Fiesta spun clockwise and then came to a rest in the northbound traffic lanes.
The driver, identified as a man from Atlanta, was brought to a local area hospital, where he later passed away due to his accident injuries. The victim's 2-year-old son, who was riding in the back seat, was taken to a local area hospital with unknown personal injuries. The accident news report stated that this breaking news story would be updated as additional information about the crash is discovered during the accident investigation. Riverdale is a community that is around 15 miles southwest of Atlanta.
The names of those involved in this fatal accident were not made public by law enforcement at this time. This is an active auto accident investigation, and more information will be published as the investigation concludes.
The area around the crash scene was shut down for hours as emergency crews and law enforcement officers handled the crash and cared for the injury victims. No further details about the fatal accident were released at this time. Accident eyewitnesses are urged to provide information to law enforcement with any information they have about the crash. The victims' identities have not been released to the public at this time. No criminal charges were reported at this time.
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Source:
https://www.macon.com/news/state/georgia/article268281142.html
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