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Elderly couple killed in crash with Mount Pleasant police officer

Posted at 9:45 AM, Jan 28, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-28 10:45:22-05

MOUNT PLEASANT, Tenn. (WTVF) — An elderly couple was killed in a collision with a Mount Pleasant police officer.

The wreck happened around 7 p.m. Sunday on North Main Street in Maury County.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol said Officer Michael Gray was traveling north when a car pulled out from a driveway in front of him.

He struck the vehicle on the driver side, killing 77-year-old Robert Frazier and 76-year-old Ruby Frazier.

THP officials said neither were wearing their seatbelt. No charges will be filed in the crash.