A Montgomery police vehicle was involved in a wreck just before 9 p.m. in Montgomery, Alabama, in the area of Troy Highway near East South Boulevard. The collision involved the police vehicle and another car, and both drivers were taken to a hospital.

Tina McGriff said the wreck happened just before 9 p.m. tonight. The officer suffered only minor injuries, but the man driving the other vehicle had life-threatening injuries, making this far more serious than a routine traffic crash for the people caught in it.

The crash matters because it involved a Montgomery police vehicle, which puts the case under added scrutiny from the start. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency will now investigate, taking over a wreck that left one driver with minor injuries and the other fighting for his life.

What happens next is now in ALEA's hands, and the central issue is whether the crash scene, the vehicle positions and the injuries line up with the initial account of how the wreck unfolded near one of Montgomery's busy roadways.