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    Texas State Trooper Killed in Cruiser Crash

    March 24, 2012
    A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper has died after a two-vehicle crash in El Paso.
    AP Photo/The El Paso Times, Victor Calzada
    A Texas Department of Public Safety sergeant walks past the wreckage of a truck involved in an accident with a DPS patrol car Saturday March 24, 2012 in El Paso, Texas.
    A Texas Department of Public Safety sergeant walks past the wreckage of a truck involved in an accident with a DPS patrol car Saturday March 24, 2012 in El Paso, Texas.

    A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper has died after a two-vehicle crash in El Paso.

    The DPS says 32-year-old Trooper Javier Arana Jr. was responding to a pursuit call early Saturday when his patrol car was struck at an intersection by a Ford Ranger. The DPS vehicle caught fire, and Arana died at the scene.

    The driver of the Ford Ranger, 18-year-old Edgardo Antonio Flores, was taken to Del Sol Medical Center. His passenger, 20-year-old Josue Alejandro Guerrero, was transported to University Medical Center.

    Officials are investigating.

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