‘Freak accident’ damages 7 Muscle Shoals police cars

Published 10:45 am Friday, July 19, 2019

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama didn’t go far to investigate an accident that damaged multiple vehicles and knocked out utility service: It happened at the police station.

A utility pole fell outside the Muscle Shoals Police Department on Thursday after a tractor-trailer rig clipped it during a turn.

Police Chief Clint Reck tells the TimesDaily that five police vehicles were damaged along with the personal vehicles of two officers. Mayor David Bradford says one vehicle was totaled.

The accident also briefly knocked out phone and internet service to police headquarters.

No one was injured, and the chief calls the incident a “freak accident.”