A Hapeville police officer was struck by a black truck along I-20 westbound on Friday, Atlanta police said.

The officer, who was off duty, was on his motorcycle at the time of the accident, Atlanta police spokesman Officer Lukasz Sajdak said.

“The truck left the location and the off-duty officer is OK,” Sajdak said. Emergency officials are on the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Jo'wan Bellamy taught in the GNETS program for 17 years and recently transferred to Atlanta’s new behavioral program at Crawford Long Middle School. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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