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Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 | 11:13 a.m.
Crash location
A Metro Police car was involved in a crash Saturday night that injured the officer and the driver of a second vehicle.
About 7:05 p.m., a marked patrol car heading south on Decatur Boulevard collided with a 1994 Jeep Cherokee that was crossing Decatur at Meadows Lane, officials said.
The patrol car had its lights and siren on as part of a pursuit, police said.
The officer, 46, suffered minor injuries. He was taken to University Medical Center and was treated and released.
The Jeep driver, a 19-year-old woman, also suffered minor injuries.
Metro Police are investigating the crash.
I'm not saying this was anything but an accident but I do notice people here blasting their car stereos to the point where you'd never hear a siren.
I've seen a van almost get t-boned by a fire engine by turning left in front of the engine, and cars do not pull over for a siren. Instead, they try to beat the emergency vehicle to the intersection.Also, the radios on many cars are blasting so loud, you can't hear yourself think. One time, there was a car two vehicles behind me that had their stereo so loud my car was vibrating. When I lived in Georgia, a news station in Augusta did a demonstration of how dangerous this is. The reporter was in a car with the stereo full blast. They had a fire engine with siren going approach. You could not hear the siren until the fire engine was right next to the car. Kinda scary.
Well some cars are so well engineer for noise attenuation that the radio set at a moderate level also impairs a person to hear approaching emergency vehicle's.
My understanding is the sirens and lights only give the Right of way at a safe speed provided its clear for them to proceed.
I'm not saying its the case here, but I have noticed that the first story police tell is usually a lie, and I have heard them lie before and told us the "patrol car had its lights and siren on...."
Another of the rabid anti police crew shows up. They are better off leaving the city. Find a ranch in the middle of nowhere. You won't see a policeman for miles and miles.
Metro will ALWAYS issue a ticket for "failing to yield to emergency vehicle" no matter who was at fault or the circumstances - This is simply the standard "tool" they use to transfer liability.
The other driver must fight this ticket "tooth and nail" and proceed with civil action. Metro's lust for high-speed pursuit, at all costs to humanity continues as long as we keep that relic as our sheriff. We're stuck n 1977 til that changes!
It's hysterical reading people saying Metro has "a lust for high-speed pursuits." I'm pretty positive if you were at home hiding from an armed burglar, you wouldn't want Metro cruising at 35mph to get to you. lol
The old lights and siren claim, we heard that with the Darling-Manor crash. What lights? the dome light? the brake light? Siren? the one on the smart phone? Let's increase taxes for more Metro, we need more stories for the evening news.
"Metro's lust for high-speed pursuit"
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Yeah, I hear about high speed "pursuits" everyday on the news...
Eyes roll
A lot of cop haters in this town. Amazing so many don't just leave town with such hatred for the people paid to protect them.