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Police Officer Michael Alexander Petrina | Metro Nashville Police Department, Tennessee
Metro Nashville Police Department, Tennessee

Police Officer

Michael Alexander Petrina

Metro Nashville Police Department, Tennessee

End of Watch: Saturday, May 10, 2014

Biographical Info

Age: 25
Tour of Duty: 8 months
Badge Number: 1381

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: May 10, 2014
Weapon Used: Automobile
Suspect Info: Charges pending

Police Officer Michael Petrina was struck and killed by an automobile on northbound I-65, at the Old Hickory Boulevard exit, while at the scene of a previous accident.

He was speaking with a Department of Transportation help truck driver when a motorhome approached the scene swerved in between the stopped vehicles and pedestrians. Officer Petrina was struck and killed by the vehicle.

Charges are pending against the driver.

Officer Petrina was an a member of the Tennessee National Guard and had served with the Metro Nashville Police Department for eight months. He was the assigned to the South Precinct and had won the Christy Dedman Award upon graduating from the academy.