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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">February 24, 2020</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Jeff Pitts
<br />Community Relations Specialist/Public Information Officer
<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
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<br />policepio@CoMo.gov
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<br />Brittany Hilderbrand
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<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.817.5049
<br />policepio@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia Police investigate vehicle collision involving patrol vehicle with minor injuries on Feb. 24</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Monday, Feb. 24, at approximately 12:30 a.m., a Columbia Police patrol vehicle was struck by another vehicle on U.S. Hwy 63 between the intersection of E. Broadway and Stadium Drive. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Officers were dispatched to a report of a tire in the northbound passing lane of U.S. Highway 63. The patrol vehicle was stopped in the passing lane with all emergency lights activated. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One officer was on the side of the road removing the item from the roadway while the other officer was seated in the front passenger side of the CPD patrol vehicle. The officer outside of the patrol vehicle heard screeching tires and a loud collision. The officer turned to observe a vehicle had struck the back of the patrol vehicle.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The vehicle was a Pontiac Vibe and driven by Kylie Rochel Shepherd, 25, of Kaiser, Missouri. Following the impact, Shepherd’s vehicle caught fire. The two officers assisted in removing Shepherd from the burning vehicle. The Columbia Fire Department arrived at approximately 12:39 a.m. and was able to extinguish the fire. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shepherd and the officer seated in the patrol vehicle were transported by ambulance to a local emergency room for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The officer was released after medical treatment and the condition of the driver of the Vibe is unknown. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an ongoing investigation. There are no further details to provide at this time. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /><br /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Case number 2020-001711</span></p></div>
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