The Texas Department of Public Safety said there were several vehicles eastbound on the road that were stopped for a school bus dropping off students. A garbage truck going eastbound was going over a hill and didn’t stop in time, causing a chain-reaction crash with at least five other vehicles.
Witnesses said the sergeant was westbound on Highway 290 around 9 p.m. when he came upon an earlier crash, changed lanes and lost control of his vehicle.
The officer died at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt, troopers said.
Richard Rivera fatally shot an NYPD officer in a Queens bar 40 years ago. He is now helping reform police in upstate New York as part of a state-mandated plan launched by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Jovan Battle helped the alleged shooter, Menelik Jackson, because, as Battle told investigators, they were both members of the Gangster Disciples street gang, the judge said.
Investigators say the officer, now identified as 31-year-old Nicholas Blow, was driving out of the Raines Station parking lot at 10:15 p.m. when he was hit by another vehicle.
The NOPD says Shallerhorn arrived at the school and was refused entry due to not having on a mask.
Trooper Steve Houle was riding snowmobiles with a friend in the French Cabin Creek area just before 1 p.m. when the avalanche occurred, according to the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office.
Sgt. Bruce Watson, a 20-year department veteran, was off duty but in uniform and riding his patrol motorcycle when he was involved in a crash with an SUV. He had just completed a funeral escort and was driving home.
Jason Franco was hunting deer with a family member in Wantage when he was struck by a single round from a shotgun, First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller said.