Texas Police Officer Killed Responding to Crash
Source Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Texas
SEAGRAVES, Texas -- A Yoakum County law enforcement officer was killed in a crash while responding to another crash Saturday evening in Yoakum County, according to Seagraves police and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Jason Fann, who was a police officer in Seagraves as well as a deputy sheriff in Yoakum County, was identified as the victim of a fatal crash Saturday evening in Yoakum County.
DPS troopers were called to a crash involving a tractor-trailer around 6 p.m. Saturday on State Highway 214, approximately two miles south of Plains, said DPS Sgt. John Gonzalez.
Fann was responding to the crash when he lost control of his patrol unit, rolling the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Gonzalez said.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to the hospital in Denver City with incapacitating injuries.
The Seagraves Police Department responded to the crash in a post through Facebook Saturday evening.
“(Fann) was involved in a traffic accident while answering a call in Yoakum County,” the statement reads. “Officer Fann did not survive the accident. We ask for prayers from the public for officer Fann’s family, friends and co-workers. Jason Fann will be sorely missed by all.”
The crash remained under investigation late Saturday.
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