CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Police in North Carolina are mourning the loss of one of their own after she was killed while responding to a traffic accident Wednesday morning.According to a news release from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, officers responded to a call in the southbound lanes of I-85 on the east side of the city after a tractor-trailer spilled a load of grain onto the highway.Shortly after 3:30 a.m.
local time, another tractor-trailer heading south collided with a truck cab, causing them to hit multiple CMPD cars, the news release said. RELATED: 2 NYPD officers hospitalized after Brooklyn crash with suspects, shots firedThe department said Officer Mia Goodwin, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries she received.