Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports that yesterday at approximately 6:20 a.m. Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Deputies assisted Texas DPS with a traffic stop at the 815 eastbound mile marker on I-10.

A traffic stop was conducted in reference to an attempt to locate for a possible intoxicated driver. The driver of the suspect vehicle came to a stop in the center lane of Interstate 10. The Trooper detained the subject and was able to move his vehicle partially to the inside shoulder area. Patrol Deputies and troopers had the inside lane blocked in an attempt to keep oncoming traffic off of the Trooper conducting the investigation.

During the investigation, a vehicle not involved with the traffic stop, hit a Texas DPS patrol car which was shoved into a Chambers County patrol car. A DPS Trooper, that was outside of his vehicle at the time of the accident, was struck by one of the vehicles and received serious injuries. The DPS Trooper was life-flighted from the scene for medical treatment. The citizen that struck the Troopers vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene.

All other involved officers are in good health as well as the subject from the original traffic stop. This is an ongoing, active investigation being conducted by Texas DPS.

“Our continued thoughts and prayers are with the injured Trooper, our partners at the Department of Public Safety as well as the deceased and their family,” said Sheriff Hawthorne.