COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Coldwater Police Department car sustained heavy damage Wednesday morning when it was struck by an out-of-control vehicle on icy I-69 near the U.S. 12 exit.
Director of Police and Fire Service Mark Bartell says the accident happened on the northbound side at about 7:00 a.m. which was about the time a number of weather-related accidents and slide offs started to take place.
Nobody was in the police vehicle which was struck from behind.
Bartell says Sgt. Scott Sergent and Officer Mike Clemons along with Branch County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Roy Shutts were outside the vehicle working another accident when the police car was struck.
No injuries were reported.
Five accidents were reported to Branch County 911 Central Dispatch between 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. as roads slickened when the temperatures dropped below freezing. No serious injuries were reported.
