Editor’s Note: Knox County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Deputy Matt Kitchner, featured below as this week’s “Our Town Hero,” was the officer injured in a serious head-on crash last night at 10 p.m. while responding to a report of a fight in the parking lot of Ingles in Halls.
He is listed in stable condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center after undergoing surgery. Kimberly Glenn, KCSO’s Public Information Officer, said his injuries include: Tibia/fibula dislocation, left ankle fractured in 3 places, edema in the eye, multiple facial lacerations, and bruised ribs.
Kirchner, 47, was the passenger in the KCSO vehicle driven by…