Five people are dead after a car crash involving a Memphis Police Department car in Hickory Hill early on the morning of Oct. 11.
Officers were responding to a reported shooting when they were "involved in a collision with another vehicle" at the intersection of Hickory Hill and Raines roads, according to an Oct. 11 press release from MPD.
Four people in the other car died at the scene, according to MPD.
Both officers and two people in the other vehicle were taken to the hospital in critical condition and one of the occupants of the other car later died at the hospital.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol was contacted to investigate the crash, according to MPD.
Additional information was not available on Oct. 12.
Jack Armstrong covers breaking news and
the environment for The Commercial Appeal. He can be reached at jack.armstrong@commercialappeal.com and followed on X @jca2902.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Five people dead, three hurt after crash involving Memphis police car
