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Date:
Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
Memphis, TNAn off-duty Memphis Police officer was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 55, just before 11 Wednesday night.
Off-duty MPD officer, Johnathan Jones, 39, was in a white, late-model Chevy Silverado that somehow ended up wrapped around a pole on Interstate 55, north of Brooks Road.
According to authorities, he was sent to the MED in critical condition and died at the hospital Thursday morning.
Date:
Friday, December 27, 2013Area:
Memphis, TNMemphis police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident, which happened early Saturday morning on I-55 near Shelby Drive.
Police say a 69-year-old male pulled over on the interstate's emergency lane to pick up something he dropped out of his window; that is when another car struck him. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
His wife told police he dropped his cell phone out of the window.
Witnesses followed the hit-and-run car to Millbranch and Stateline roads. Southaven police detained the two suspects but have not released the victims name.