LOWNDES COUNTY, Ga. \u2014 A Georgia police officer who was born in the Miami Valley was killed in the line of duty last week. <\/p>\n
[DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Hahira Police Department Officer Caleb Abney died in a three-car crash along Interstate 75 on Feb. 19, our sister station WSB-TV<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n TRENDING STORIES:<\/p>\n Georgia State Patrol confirmed to WSB-TV that Abney pulled over a Nissan driver on Interstate 75 when a driver in a Camaro crashed into his patrol car. Abney, who was inside his patrol car with emergency lights on, died at the scene. The Camaro driver later died at the hospital.<\/p>\n An obituary<\/a> for Abney shows that he was born at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) in 1999. <\/p>\n His mother was a U.S. Air Force nurse, so Abney grew up at WPAFB, Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi, and Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. <\/p>\n Abney\u2019s family settled down in Lowndes County, Georgia. After he graduated, Abney worked for Lowndes County Fire and Rescue before joining the Hahira Police Department.<\/p>\n Abney is survived by his parents and siblings along with his fianc\u00e9, Jordan Hicks. The couple got engaged a year ago and had set their wedding date for April 18, 2026.<\/p>\n Family and friends created a GoFundMe for Abney\u2019s family and fianc\u00e9. You can click here if you wish to donate<\/a>.<\/p>\n