Two MPD Squad Cars In Accidents

Around 6:58 P.M. a Mobile Police squad car struck a power pole at Cody Road and Ziegler Road.
According to Mobile Fire dispatchers at least one person was injured and taken to the hospital.
Bernie Fogerty with Alabama Power says the accident did not cause any power outages in the area.

Eleven minutes later at 7:09 P.M. fire fighters were called to an accident at Government Blvd and Pleasant Valley Rd. where a Mobile Police vehicle was in an accident with a jeep.
According to Cpl. Charles Bagsby, with the Mobile Police Department, the squad car was headed east bound on Government responding to a call. Bagsby said the jeep was coming across Government Blvd. when the collision occurred.
The jeep rolled over and according to Bagsby the woman driving the jeep died at the scene.
The officer driving the squad car received minor injuries and was transported to USA Medical Center.