Retired Georgia school teacher, Janet Pickney, has passed away after being struck by a police cruiser. The avid runner was jogging when she was struck and killed by officers who swerved into Pickney avoiding a wreck, the DeKalb County Police said.
Pickney, 66, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead. DeKalb County Police confirmed on Wednesday that she had died from injuries suffered in an accident involving a police vehicle.
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The officer operating the vehicle has been identified as 30-year-old Ian MacGowan.
Pickney was jogging in a crosswalk around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when an officer trying to avoid a wreck hit her with his vehicle on Chamblee Tucke Road. The officer’s cruiser then continued to strike a house at that intersection, near Tucker High School.
Pickney’s cousin remembered her as a person who enjoying running.
“She’s a really sweet person. I just asked people to pray to her to overcome this. I’m still in shock that this happened,” Carol Ann Whiteman said Tuesday.
The officer involved is in stable condition and at a nearby hospital. DeKalb Police say he is a 4-year veteran with their department.