5 dead, 3 seriously injured, including 2 MPD officers, after crash at Raines and Hickory Hill roads

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Five people died and three people, including two Memphis police officers, were seriously injured early Sunday after a crash at Hickory Hill Road and Raines Road.

According to MPD, around 12:26 a.m., officers were responding to a man down call near Flowering Peach Drive and Mendenhall Road when officers were involved in a collision with another vehicle at the intersection of Hickory Hill Road and Raines Road.

Two police officers and two individuals in the other vehicle were taken to hospital in critical condition. One of the occupants later died in hospital.

Four other people in the other vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. More information will be released as it becomes available.

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