A Rankin County sheriff’s deputy was critically injured Saturday while responding to an emergency call, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department said.
The department said the deputy was involved in a two-vehicle crash at approximately 3:42 p.m. on Highway 80 near Shiloh Parkway in Brandon. The Brandon Police Department, Pafford Ambulance Service and additional deputies responded to the scene, the department said.
After being extricated from the vehicle, the deputy was transported to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in critical but stable condition, the sheriff’s department said. The department said the occupants of the other vehicle were evaluated by medical personnel but were not transported from the scene.
The Brandon Police Department is investigating the cause of the crash, the sheriff’s department said. Authorities have not publicly identified the injured deputy or the occupants of the other vehicle, the department said.
“Sheriff Bryan Bailey and the employees of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department covet your prayers for the injured deputy and his family,” the sheriff’s department said in a statement.
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