ATLANTA — An Atlanta police officer is in critical condition after crashing into a house in northwest Atlanta.
The latest developments, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News This Morning.
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Investigators said the officer was responding to another officer’s call for help when they wrecked. The officer crashed into a home near the intersection of North Avenue NW and James P. Brawley Avenue NW.
The home then caught fire.
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Atlanta firefighters quickly got to the scene and got the fire under control.
A person in the house got out safely. The person along with three neighbors and firefighters helped to the get the officer out of the car.
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The injured officer was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital.
Atlanta police said the Georgia State Patrol has been called in to investigate the cause of the crash.
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