A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was fatally injured Thursday morning when he was stuck by another law enforcement vehicle during a police chase that crossed into Alabama.
The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Sheriff Eric Minix was killed after a pursuit by Georgia law enforcement of a stolen vehicle. The sheriff’s office wrote in a social media post that, “during the apprehension of the suspect Eric was struck by a police car and was pronounced dead at an area hospital.”
“We have lost a good deputy. We have lost a good man. We have lost a good friend,” the sheriff’s office wrote.
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