Police request that anyone with information on this incident call Crime Stoppers 931.645-TIPS (8477)
Clarksville, TN – On Friday May 3rd, 2013 at 11:26pm, Clarksville Police Officer Jeffery Jackson was responding to a disturbance at the BP station located at Trenton Road and Tiny Town Road. Officer Jackson was traveling on I-24 westbound towards Exit 1.
As Officer Jackson’s patrol unit traveled under the Meriwether Road bridge, near the 2.7 mile marker, an unknown individual or individuals dropped a large rip rap rock from the west side of the bridge as Officer Jackson’s patrol unit went under the bridge.
The rock struck the patrol unit’s roof and light bar; thereafter, bouncing off the vehicle to the ground. The rock damaged the patrol unit’s roof, windshield, and light bar.Due to the nature of the incident, the unknown individual or individuals made a conscious decision to drop a rip rap rock from a bridge on the Interstate onto a vehicle traveling at a minimum of 70 MPH.
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