Texas deputy killed in crash with 18-wheeler, another injured during hospital escort

A Texas sheriff’s deputy was killed Wednesday after a crash with an 18-wheeler truck on a Houston-area freeway and one other was injured throughout an escort to the hospital, authorities mentioned.

Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Adam Howard, 27, died a short while after the incident on State Freeway 249 in a Houston suburb.

He was initially taken to a hospital in vital situation earlier than he died, authorities mentioned. 

In the course of the escort of Howard to the hospital, a second deputy on a motorbike was injured throughout a crash as authorities have been blocking site visitors, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez mentioned. 

That deputy was not severely injured, he mentioned. 

Photos of the scene confirmed a business truck on the facet of the freeway and a sheriff’s patrol car smashed on its left facet with the roof ripped off. 

All northbound lanes on the freeway have been closed as authorities examine. 

The sheriff's patrol vehicle is seen smashed on its left side with the roof ripped off following the fatal crash.
The sheriff’s patrol car is seen smashed on its left facet with the roof ripped off following the deadly crash.
KHOU 11

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