{"id":5456,"date":"2026-06-24T20:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5456"},"modified":"2026-06-24T20:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:01:49","slug":"texas-dps-trooper-seriously-injured-driver-killed-in-head-on-crash-in-west-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5456","title":{"rendered":"Texas DPS Trooper seriously injured, driver killed in head-on crash in West Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was seriously injured and a pickup truck driver was killed Tuesday morning in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 67 in Brewster County, authorities said.<\/p>

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The injured trooper was identified as Zachary Vasquez of Alpine, according to the Department of Public Safety Officers Association. Vasquez\u2019s canine partner, Guido, was also in the patrol vehicle but escaped major injury.<\/p>

According to state and local officials, Trooper Vasquez was traveling along U.S. Highway 67, about five miles east of Alpine, when a blue GMC Sierra pickup truck crossed the center line into oncoming traffic and crashed Vasquez’s DPS Chevrolet Tahoe head-on.<\/p>

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