Police officer critically injured in crash during JD Vance motorcade

Source: USA Today

A police officer is in critical condition after a crash of police vehicles involved in a motorcade for Vice President JD Vance in Tennessee, officials said.

The crash happened at about 6:11 p.m. on Nov. 14 in Maryville, Tennessee, about 17 miles from downtown Knoxville, when a Maryville police motorcycle and a Tennessee Highway Patrol SUV collided, the city and Maryville Police Department said.

The critically injured officer, who was riding the motorcycle, was identified as Maryville Police Field Training Officer Justin Brown. Brown was "providing a dignitary protection detail escort" for Vance, the police department said.

After the crash, a group of citizens immediately started rendering aid and "played a critical role in saving the life of the officer," the department said. Brown was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, officials said. One of two ambulances that were part of the motorcade stopped and rendered aid to the officer, Special Agent Jason Pack, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Safety, told USA TODAY in an email. Officer Justin Brown remained in critical condition with "significant injuries" as of the afternoon of Nov. 15 and underwent surgery earlier in the day, the police department said in an update.




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