Officer Matthew Hillis crashed into a home in Tennessee after suffering a medical emergency in the early hours of May 8
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- Tennessee police officer Matthew Hillis discovered he had a brain tumor after a seizure caused him to crash into a home in Goodlettsville on May 8
- “My vision, everything just went different colors and kind of disappeared, and the only thing I could think of was ‘I got to stop the car.’ And after that, I don’t remember anything,” he said in a new interview
- Hillis underwent surgery three days later and is continuing his recovery
A police officer has been diagnosed with a brain tumor after having a seizure while driving and crashing into a home in Tennessee.
Speaking in a new interview with local media outlet WSMV, published Thursday, June 4, officer Matthew Hillis from the Greenbrier Police Department opened up about his recovery following the incident last month in Goodlettsville.
On Friday, May 8, the Greenbrier Police Department confirmed in a release that one of their on-duty officers had been involved in a collision after suffering a medical emergency at around 4 a.m…