Atlanta Police Officer Injured While Directing Traffic in Wintry Weather
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: The wintry weather in north Georgia caused dozens of accidents on Interstate 75 in the Atlanta area, but the slippery conditions didn't make some drivers slow down. Kathy Murphy of CNN affiliate WGNX in Atlanta shows us what happened to a police officer directing on an icy road.</s>KATHY MURPHY, WGNX CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Moments before he's hit by a passing motorist, Alpha Retta (ph) Police Officer Warren Hinsman (ph) is working to clear two cars out of the median just north of the Mansell Road (ph) overpass. Meanwhile, several cars lose control coming across the bridge. Some even careen down the embankment into the woods. Officer Hinsman moves to an area just off the bridge and continues to caution motorists to slow down. After a while, he runs over to the motorists, who are stuck on the side of the road, to see if they're OK. While he's talking to them we can see several cars sliding across the bridge and just as this U-Haul truck passes, we heard a crash. That's when the officer gets hit. Now, watch again in slow motion as the white sport utility vehicle spins around so that it's perpendicular to the road and the minivan hits it broadside and pushes it off the road. You can see the officer running to get out of the way but it's too late and the minivan slams into him. Almost immediately the officer jumps up and limps away. The officer is obviously in a lot of pain. Finally he falls to the ground. That's where EMS personnel find him when they arrive.</s>PHILLIPS: Wow. That report from Kathy Murphy of CNN affiliate WGNX in Atlanta.