An on-duty Newberry, SC, police officer was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer truck Wednesday afternoon while responding to a call.
The officer was identified as Lt. Michael “Mike” Wood by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina via a Twitter post. In the post, the Attorney’s Office offered its deepest condolences to the family of the fallen officer, the Newberry Police Department, and the Newberry community, WISTV reports.