Officer Leckner (Photo Credit: Hendersonville Star News )HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. - A Hendersonville motorcycle officer was seriously in juried in a crash.
Officials said the wreck occurred around 6:30 p.m. at Main Street and New Shackle Road. One lane of traffic was closed while police investigated the scene.
Police said 30 year-old officer Jonathan Leckner of Gallatin was on duty on his motorcycle when a pick-up truck turned in front of him causing him to crash.
Officer Leckner was taken by ambulance to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was said to have sustained serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the pick-up truck was identified as 53-year-old Eddie Alane McNeese. He was charged with DUI.
A spokesperson for the Tennessee Highway Patrol said that McNeese admitted to taking prescription pills. McNeese was arrested and taken to the Sumner County Jail.
