73-Year-Old TX Deputy Dies in Crash

An Eastland County, TX, sheriff's deputy was killed in a head-on collision Wednesday morning while driving his SUV patrol vehicle to work, reports the Associated Press .

The Texas Department of Public Safety says Deputy Kenneth Maltby, 73, died in the accident at around 8 a.m. Wednesday.

The DPS says a pickup truck driven by Colton James Conger, 23, of Eastland was eastbound on Farm Road 570 when he swerved to avoid another vehicle and slammed head-on into Maltby's sport utility vehicle.