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Video: Texas Officer Injured as Patrol Vehicle Struck by Train

A Deputy with the Midland County (TX) Sheriff's Office suffered minor injuries after his patrol vehicle was struck by a passing train.

May 22, 2019
Video: Texas Officer Injured as Patrol Vehicle Struck by Train

 

A Deputy with the Midland County (TX) Sheriff's Office suffered minor injuries after his patrol vehicle was struck by a passing train.

According to KXXV-TV , the deputy waited for a train to pass the crossing and began to proceed forward, unaware that another train was traveling in the opposite direction.

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The officer was one of several who were responding to a call of a child in need of medical assistance.

The collision flipped the patrol vehicle over. The deputy was extracted from the vehicle and transported to a nearby hospital where he was treated for what were reported as minor injuries.