A veteran Irondale police lieutenant was hit and killed early Monday while directing traffic at Church of the Highlands. Lt. Mark Meadows, 60, was putting out cones at the intersection of Grants Mill Road and Overton Road as the church’s 21 Days of Prayer was preparing to let out when he was struck by an oncoming motorist.

The veteran officer was setting out traffic cones outside a church when he was fatally struck, an official says.