Montgomery police officer injured in vehicle pursuit, collision
A Montgomery Police Department officer was injured after a pursuit and crash with a suspect at about 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
Officer D’Anthony Green, a six-year veteran, was unresponsive after the crash. First responders took him to Jackson Hospital, where he regained consciousness and was undergoing tests Wednesday afternoon, MPD Chief Darryl Albert said.
The pursuit began when an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency state Trooper tried to make a traffic stop involving Montgomery man Richard Moore, 35, ALEA Sgt. Jeremy Burkett said. Moore allegedly evaded the trooper, and Montgomery police officers responded to assist. Moore struck Green's vehicle on East Third Street, Burkett said.
Breanna Renea Campbell, 20, Tamira Latrice Tolliver, 19, and a two-year-old child were passengers in the Charger. First responders transported Campbell and Tolliver to Baptist Medical Center South and the two-year-old child to another local hospital, Burkett said in an email.
The Trooper attempted to stop the suspect on Narrow Lane Road near Audubon Street and then crashed into Green, officials said. Moore was uninjured, and law enforcement immediately apprehended him, Albert said.
Moore has been arrested, and officers have charged him with felony attempting to elude, first-degree assault andreckless endangerment.
Moore was driving a gray Dodge Charger without tags, Albert said.
“We’ll continue to do the work for our city to make our city safer, but these officers come out day in and day out to do this work to ensure safety in our city," Albert said.
The original traffic stop was part of a joint operation that focuses on "stolen vehicles, ATVs, as well as reckless or exhibition driving," Burkett said in an email.
The agencies are not releasing any more information at this time.
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Alex Gladden is the Montgomery Advertiser's public safety reporter. She can be reached at agladden@gannett.com or on Twitter @gladlyalex.
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