BRADLEY COUNTY, Ark. — Update: According to Dallas County Sheriff Mike Knoedl, the second officer was released from the hospital on Wednesday after undergoing extensive surgeries to repair broken bones.
Both officers are now home from the hospital and are expecting a full recovery.
"Myself, Mayor John Mcnichol want to thank everyone for the prayers for these officers," Knoedl said. "Please continue to keep them in your prayers as they have a long ways to go before being back to 100%."
A man is now in police custody for an incident that happened in Bradley County on Monday that left two officers with serious injuries.
According to reports, a pursuit originated in Fordyce and two officers with Fordyce police sustained serious injuries in an accident with a suspect vehicle.
The officers were med-flighted to Little Rock area hospitals. Since then one officer has been released from UAMS and the other is expected to leave the ICU soon.
All Dallas County deputies sustained no injuries during the incident.
On April 26, police located Fredrick Rainey hiding out in an apartment in Warren and he is being taken to jail in Fordyce.
The investigation into this incident remains ongoing and we will update with more information as soon as it becomes available.
