Injured Smyrna Police Officer Shouldn't Need More Surgery
The Smyrna Public Safety Foundation is accepting donations for Cpl. Gene Crawford, the Smyrna motorcycle officer struck in a hit-and-run accident Tuesday, May 8.
Almost a week after being struck by a car while on duty, Smyrna police say Corporal Gene Crawford is in good spirits and isn’t expected to need more surgery. Crawford, a Smyrna motorcycle officer and 29-year-veteran of the department, was heading northbound on South Cobb Drive near Ridge Road Tuesday, May 8 when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Jennifer Karen Cook, 21 of Chamblee, after she failed to yield when making a left turn. Cook fled the scene and Crawford radioed to dispatch that he’d been in an accident. The driver was ultimately apprehended by Smyrna police and charged with hit and run, serious injury by a vehicle and failure to yield to left turn. Crawford sustained two broken ankles, a broken leg and a cracked hip in the …
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robert
4:32 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012
hope your doing better...Robert on ashwood drive more ›