State trooper dies from being hit by a vehicle while investigating a construction worker’s interstate death
MORROW, Ga. (WANF/Gray News) - A Georgia State Patrol trooper has died after he was hit by a vehicle during a death investigation on an Atlanta-area interstate.
It happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on I-75 North in Clayton County, near the Mt. Zion Boulevard exit in Morrow. The trooper was investigating the death of a construction worker who had been hit and killed around 8 p.m., according to Georgia State Patrol.
The Clayton County Police Department said the trooper was hit while outside his cruiser. He was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
The Georgia Department of Public Safety identified the trooper as First Class Chase Redner with the state patrol’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team.
Redner was with the Georgia Department of Public Safety since September 2017, they said, and was a graduate of the 103rd Trooper School.
“The Department of Public Safety sends its sincerest condolences and prayers to TFC Redner’s family and co-workers,” they said in a statement. “Please keep TFC Redner’s family in your prayers as they cope with the loss of their loved one.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp issued a statement saying in part that he was “devastated” by Redner’s passing, saying Redner was the “second state patrolman to die in the line of duty in less than a month.”
“This is an incredibly painful time for their elite ranks, and we ask that all Georgians — and those far beyond our state — pray for Trooper Redner’s family, loved ones and colleagues,” he said.
In a Facebook post, the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office said Redner was “an integral part of our community in Dawson County and left a lasting impression.”
“Redner was featured on an early episode of our podcast, ‘The Fuzz Feed,’ and was cherished as family by many of our deputies,” the Facebook post states.
Both incidents remain under investigation.
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