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.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash occurred about 5:50 p.m. at a local intersection.