Georgia: Fairburn police officer struck on I-85

A Fairburn officer was struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 85 early Tuesday. Investigators say the male officer was working an unrelated traffic collision when the accident happened.

The injured officer was in a cruiser several hundred feet behind that wreck when the big rig struck the carfrom behind. The officer was there to warn approaching driversabout the hazard ahead.

Investigators say the police car was destroyed in the collision. The officer isn't being identified. According to Fairburn Police, he was taken to Grady Hospital where he is "bruised, battered, but stable."