A police officer involved in a head-on collision remained in critical condition Monday, a family member said.
Anthony Rushin, an off-duty MARTA officer, had to be extricated from his truck after being struck by a head-on driver Friday morning, according to Sgt. Greg Lyon with Atlanta police. Rushin, who has been with MARTA since 2009, was on his way to work at the time of the wreck, which temporarily blocked Moreland in both directions near Pendleton Street.
Investigators have said Tony Maurice Hill, 31, of Atlanta, was cited for driving on a suspended license, failure to maintain lane and driving on the wrong side of the roadway. Hill told officers he was driving southbound on Moreland when he was suddenly on the other side of the street, where he struck Rushin’s vehicle, Lyon said.
A witness told police Hill was traveling at a high rate of speed when he swerved into the northbound lane, striking Rushin’s vehicle head-on, Lyon said.
Hill and two juvenile passengers in his Chevrolet Camaro sustained non-life threatening injuries, according to police. But Rushin was in critical condition while being transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he remained Monday.
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