Memphis cop speeds through red light without siren or lights, kills two, critically injures two more

Commercial Appeal
Aug. 27, 2012

A Memphis Police Department squad car collided with another vehicle near Downtown Sunday afternoon, killing two people and critically injuring two more.

Witnesses said the officer was speeding and that his siren and blue lights were not on.

Two people in the private car were killed, while two others were rushed to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis in extremely critical condition. The officer also was injured, but was listed in non-critical condition late Sunday.

[...]Several people standing near the intersection, where three streets meet, said they saw the collision.

"Too fast," said Justin Vinson, 23, describing the squad car's rate of travel. "They was in the wrong. Police was in the wrong."

Quincey Smith, sitting outside on the opposite side of the intersection, also said the officer was speeding.

"He ran the light," Smith said, saying the cop was speeding toward the light as it was turning yellow. "The police approached it, doing about 90."

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