A Columbia County deputy was injured Wednesday night when her patrol car was struck on Gordon Highway, authorities said.
Deputy Brittany Brown was being treated at Doctors Hospital after firefighters cut off the door to get her out of the patrol car, sheriff’s Maj. Steve Morris said.
“Deputy Brittany Brown was parked, partially on the roadway, on the north shoulder of Gordon Highway, west of Lou Lane, completing an accident investigation with her emergency equipment activated,” Maj. Morris said in an email. “At the end of her investigation, she was giving a courtesy ride to an involved party and as she was entering the roadway to travel west, a 2015 Jeep Cherokee driven by Matthew Heddinger (42) stuck the front left of the patrol vehicle with the front right of his vehicle.”
Columbia County Fire had to cut the door off of the vehicle to remove Deputy Brown for treatment, he said.
This is a developing story.
