Cop Drives, Wrecks Suspect's Car
A police officer is recovering after he was involved in a bad accident on Tuesday in Grantville.
Witnesses say the officer was driving 100 mph when he crashed on Interstate 85. On top of that, the on-duty officer was driving the sports car of a man just arrested.
Officer Jesse Hudgins is recovering in stable condition at Atlanta Medical Center after suffering a broken collarbone, a broken ankle and bruised lungs.
Hudgins has only been with the Grantville Police Department a month, and already he is injured and in hot water.
Grantville looks like Norman Rockwell’s vision of the easy life – typically, controversy takes a detour long before reaching the city limits.
A mangled Nissan has the people of Grantville crashing from one question into another.
“What was he thinking? That’s all that I can say,” said Grantville resident James Berry.
The kind of thing that has the police chief asking questions about one of his own.
“Right now, we’re unclear as to what the decision-making process was,” said Police Chief Franklin Allen.
On Sunday night, a Grantville police officer stopped a car along I-85, and arrested the man behind the wheel for driving on a suspended license.
According to the police report, the suspect said he could call a relative to come remove the car from the intestate. But Officer Hudgins decided to move the silver Nissan 350Z himself.
Witnesses say they saw the officer driving the car in excess of 100 mph, until he moved into the emergency lane, lost control, and crashed into the woods.
It was common practice for Grantville Police to remove vehicles from the interstate themselves, until Chief Allen arrived and made a strict policy against it.
“Under no circumstances was an officer to remove a vehicle himself,” Allen said. “Unless it was an extreme emergency situation.”
“Was it in this case?” asked 11Alive’s Jerry Carnes.
“In my opinion, it was not at this point,” Allen replied.
Now, one of his officers is lucky to be alive, facing potential charges like reckless driving, and a town known for it’s laid-back way of life is getting the type of attention that they don’t want.
Investigators with the Coweta County Sheriff’s Department want to speak to Hudgins as soon as he leaves the hospital.
Silly policeman.....
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