(Baldwin County, Alabama August 25, 2022) — On Monday evening, August 22nd, a Mount Vernon police officer was tragically killed in a two-vehicle car wreck on Highway 59 in Summerdale, Alabama.
According to Summerdale Police Department, Ivan Lopez, was killed when the driver of a pickup truck was driving at a “ridiculous speed” and ran a stop sign colliding with Officer Lopez’s vehicle.
The crash occurred just after 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 59 and Baldwin County Road 36, closing Highway 59 for a time.
Attorney General Steve Marshall issued the following statement upon learning of the death of Officer Lopez:
“It is with sadness that we receive word of the loss of another in Alabama’s law enforcement community. Officer Ivan Lopez of the Mt. Vernon Police Department succumbed to his injuries after his patrol car was struck by a vehicle which reportedly crossed the intersection of Highway 59 and County Road 36 at a high rate of speed, ignoring a stop sign. Officer Lopez was about to end his shift and was traveling home in his police vehicle at the time of the accident which occurred at approximately 7:30 pm in Summerdale in Baldwin County.
Officer Lopez’s passing marks the ninth Alabama law enforcement death in 2022 and we believe the first line of duty death for the Mt. Vernon Police Department. I join all Alabama law enforcement in mourning the loss of Officer Lopez and in offering condolences to his family and colleagues.”
Source: WSFA
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