Burke County Deputy Seriously Hurt in Crash
A Burke County Deputy was seriously injured this afternoon in a two-vehicle wreck involving a dump truck in Columbia County.
The accident happened in the westbound lanes of I-20.
A statement from the Burke County Sheriff’s Office said, “The officer is in serious but stable condition at a local area hospital and will be undergoing further testing. We ask that you respect the privacy of the officer involved and keep him and his family in your thoughts. Additional information will be released when it becomes available.”
There has been no information made available about the cause of the accident or the condition of the dump truck driver.
Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.
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