BEAUMONT, Texas – One Beaumont police officer was killed and another officer was seriously injured after a head-on crash with a wrong-way driver, according to Beaumont Police Department.
The crash happened Sunday at 2:30 a.m. on Cardinal Drive.
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Police said the two officers were traveling northbound on Cardinal Drive when their patrol unit was struck head-on by a Ford Mustang that was traveling the wrong direction near the Highway 347 overpass.
One officer was taken to a local hospital in serious but stable condition, and the other officer was pronounced dead on scene.
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The identities of the officers have not yet been released.
The investigation of the incident is still ongoing by state troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
This is a developing story and we’ll bring more details as they become available.
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