CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A deputy with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Sergeant Jimmy Brown, was struck by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop Saturday afternoon.
Brown was conducting a traffic stop on I-24 westbound at mile marker 13 when a vehicle for unknown reasons went on the shoulder of interstate and stuck his patrol vehicle from behind. His vehicle was then pushed into the traffic violator’s vehicle, which struck the deputy, throwing him on the interstate.
The deputy has non-life-threatening injuries and has been transported to the hospital.
The driver that hit the patrol vehicle is also being transported to the hospital.
The driver the deputy stopped was not injured.
Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.
One lane of the interstate is currently open as of 3:15 p.m.