On May 10, 2014, a 25-year-old police officer was fatally injured when he was struck by a motorhome and drug under the trailer it was pulling on a four-lane interstate highway. The officer had responded to a jackknifed and overturned pickup/trailer combination that was blocking an entrance ramp to the interstate northbound lanes. To assist with traffic control, the officer positioned his patrol unit south of the entrance ramp in lane three, and a Tennessee Department of Transportation help truck operator positioned his vehicle next to the patrol unit to block the shoulder and lane four. The officer and help truck operator were standing between their vehicles, near the help truck's driver's side door, when a motorhome pulling a trailer approached the scene in lane three (lane second from the right). The driver of the motorhome reported the speed and volume of traffic in lanes one and two prevented him from moving to the left; as a result, he attempted to drive between the police car and the help truck. The help truck operator saw the oncoming motorhome, yelled to the officer, and ran out of the way; the officer was unable to do so. The motorhome and trailer sideswiped the help truck and struck the officer. The officer was dragged underneath the trailer for 116 feet before the motor home came to a stop. He died at the scene.
Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) Vehicle Struck-by Investigation: Officer Struck By a Motorhome While Establishing Temporary Traffic Control on Interstate - Tennessee, LEO-2016-01
2017
20 pages
Report
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English
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