Duty Death: Officer Mia Goodwin - [Charlotte]
End of Service: 22/12/2021
By Rogelio Aranda
The Charlotte Observer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer has died after a wreck involving at least two CMPD vehicles and a tractor-trailer that shut down southbound lanes on Interstate 85 early Wednesday.
Police Chief Johnny Jennings, in a post on Twitter, said Officer Mia Goodwin died. Goodwin served in CMPD’s University City division, Jennings said.
https://twitter.com/cmpdchief/status/1473645209896554501
“Rest easy hero, we have watch from here,” Jennings said in the tweet.
The interstate will be shut down for “an extended period of time,” CMPD said in a tweet at 4:42 a.m. All southbound traffic will be diverted at Mallard Creek Church Road, police said.
The crash at W.T. Harris Boulevard happened around 3:30 a.m., according to Observer news partner WBTV.
Two CMPD officers were assisting with shutting down the highway because of an earlier wreck when they were struck by the tractor-trailer, WBTV reported, citing the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
A tractor-trailer jackknifed in southbound lanes as a result of the crash, and one CMPD vehicle had “heavy rear-end damage,” WSOC reported.
Video from WCNC shows police vehicles escorting an ambulance away from the scene.
https://twitter.com/devayneTV/status/1473603224246669315
Officer Goodwin had just returned from maternity leave a few days prior, Chief Jonny Jennings said in a news conference. “She was a loving mother to her three kids. A three-year-old, a one-year-old, and a four-month-old. She is also survived by her loving husband, who is a firefighter with the Charlotte Fire Department,” he said.
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