An officer with the Greenwood Police Department was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic Thursday morning. WRTV Channel 6 is reporting that the incident happened at around 8 a.m., near Center Grove High School. The officer was directing traffic on Stones Crossing Road when they were struck, according to the report.

The television station is reporting that the officer was taken to Methodist Hospital in an unknown condition. The driver of the vehicle is cooperating with authorities.

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A traffic stop on Wednesday evening led to the arrests of two Columbus residents on drug possession charges. Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police Department, says that at approximately 11:30 p.m., Officer Drake Maddix stopped a vehicle near 13th Street and Grand Avenue for a minor traffic violation. Maddix spoke with the vehicle’s two occupants, 35-year-old Goldie C. Reed and 33-year-old Dustin O. Perdue, and then requested a K-9 unit assist him. Officer Branch Schrader arrived and later advised that his partner, Argo, detected the odor of narcotics inside the vehicle. While searching the suspects’ vehicle, the officers allegedly found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Both Reed and Perdue were arrested on preliminary charges of Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.