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An officer with the Beaumont (TX) Police Department died on Sunday morning when the patrol vehicle she was driving was struck head-on by a car travelling in the wrong way on a local highway. Another officer was seriously wounded in the collision, according to reports.
An officer with the Beaumont (TX) Police Department died on Sunday morning when the patrol vehicle she was driving was struck head-on by a car travelling in the wrong way on a local highway. Another officer was seriously wounded in the collision, according to reports.
According to KHOU-TV , 23-year-old Sheena Yarbrough Powell was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision.
Officer Gabriel Fells—who was driving the patrol vehicle at the time of the crash—was transported to a nearby hospital with undisclosed injuries and listed in serious condition.
Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement that the driver of the other vehicle—identified as 18-year-old Luis Torres—was driving south in the northbound lane without headlights.
Texas DPS is investigating the crash.
