Overview
- Police say the on-duty officer was driving to assist a colleague during a struggle Monday night when the patrol car left the road and hit a house on James P. Brawley Drive NW.
- Neighbors smashed a window and dragged the unresponsive officer from the burning cruiser before firefighters quickly contained fires in the car and home.
- Atlanta Fire Rescue extinguished the flames within roughly five to eight minutes and the officer was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
- The home’s occupant was not hurt and the suspect from the earlier altercation was taken into custody, according to officials.
- The Georgia State Patrol’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is investigating; the cause remains unknown, the officer’s name is being withheld, and reports differ on whether emergency lights and sirens were active.