A veteran Irondale police lieutenant was hit and killed early Monday while directing traffic at Church of the Highlands. Lt. Mark Meadows was putting out cones at the intersection of Grants Mill Road and Overton Road as the church’s first day of 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.

The city of Irondale said Lt. Mark Meadows died at a hospital from injuries after the collision with a vehicle.