Three sheriff's officers injured in crash

Friday, May 23, 2008

Three Dyer County Sheriff's Department investigators were hurt when a truck crashed into the back of the agency's SUV they were in on Wednesday.

Terry McCreight, Chris Gorman and Joe Moody were in a 2006 Ford Explorer traveling west on Cedar Street in front of the Dyer County Sheriff's Department when a 1990 Nissan pickup truck smashed into the rear end of the Explorer.

The truck that hit the investigators' vehicle was driven by Tracy S. Walker, 47, of Trimble.

According to the Dyersburg Police crash report, the accident occurred when McCreight, who was driving, had braked the vehicle to halt on Cedar Street in front of the sheriff's department to wait for eastbound traffic to clear.

The report said Walker said he saw the vehicle stopped, and pumped his brakes twice, but was unable to stop.

McCreight was transported by a sheriff's deputy to Dyersburg Regional Medical Center, where he was treated and released later Wednesday night. The other two suffered slighter injuries.

No citations were issued for the accident, said the report.

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i am glad the officers and MR. Walker are alright.

-- Posted by dyercgirl on Fri, May 23, 2008, at 9:23 AM

Why wasnt someone giving a TICKET ?

-- Posted by sid36us on Sat, May 24, 2008, at 6:12 AM

Stop finding fault with everything!!!

-- Posted by talk2t53 on Sat, May 24, 2008, at 11:07 AM

when you can get a ticket for failure to maintain when you run off the road and no damages done to anything .then i think if you run into the back of a auto, a ticket should ge giving.

-- Posted by sid36us on Sat, May 24, 2008, at 2:24 PM

Failure to mantain control of a vehicle.

Over $500 damage is a manditory ticket according to the officer who ticketed me.

-- Posted by jms58 on Sat, May 24, 2008, at 11:36 PM