NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro police say one of their officers is recuperating at home after his police car was hit from behind early Sunday morning.
Officer Ronald Conner was checking in on a report of a pedestrian in the road on I-40 when a pickup truck slammed into the back of his cruiser at 2:35 a.m.
The driver of the truck, 28-year-old Easton Cline was charged by the Tennessee Highway Patrol with a DUI.
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Metro Nashville Police Department