From Tribune staff reports
MOODY, Ala.–An officer with the Moody Police Department was taken to the hospital with minor injuries today after a car crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a wreck along Interstate 20.
At approximately 5:35 a.m., Moody police were dispatched to the scene of a crashed semi-truck, which had hit the middle median and was blocking traffic, on I-20 westbound near Kelly Creek Road.
Officers arrived on the scene and confirmed that the truck had a tire blowout and hit the wall, but were unable to move it due to the damage.
Officers then contacted St. Clair County Dispatch and advised them that they would need an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency trooper and their wrecking service.
According to Moody PD, while the officers were returning to their vehicles, a white Hyundai struck the rear of one of the Moody patrol vehicles on the scene.
This impact caused the first Moody patrol vehicle to hit the other patrol vehicle parked in front of it.
At the time of the crash, one of the officers had returned to their patrol vehicle while the other was walking back to theirs and had to jump the concrete barrier to avoid being hit.
While on scene, both Moody patrol vehicles had their emergency lights flashing.
The officer seated inside their vehicle was transported to UAB Hospital’s ER for treatment and has since been released.
ALEA is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the wreck.
