Police officer in critical condition after crash while supporting Vance's motorcade

Two instrumentality enforcement vehicles person crashed successful Tennessee portion supporting a motorcade for Vice President JD Vance, and authorities accidental a constabulary serviceman is successful captious condition

MARYVILLE, Tenn. -- Two instrumentality enforcement vehicles crashed successful Tennessee connected Friday nighttime portion supporting Vice President JD Vance's motorcade, sending a constabulary serviceman to the infirmary successful captious condition, authorities said.

The clang successful Maryville, astir 17 miles (27 kilometers) southbound of Knoxville, progressive a authorities trooper and a Maryville Police Department motorcycle officer, the metropolis said successful a statement.

Both were taken to the hospital. Officials did not instantly merchandise accusation astir the trooper’s condition.

Katherine Pierce, the U.S. Secret Service’s nonmigratory cause successful complaint successful Knoxville, said the bureau was intimately monitoring the situation.

“The information and question of our protectees were not impacted by this incident,” she said successful a statement.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol was investigating.

Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp asked radical to commune for the officer, the officer's household and aesculapian workers.

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