On Feb. 1st, at approximately 6:40 a.m., a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper was conducting a traffic stop on State Highway 114 westbound, about a half mile east of Smyer, Texas.
Preliminary information shows the Trooper, who was in a marked patrol unit with emergency lights activated, and the person he had stopped, who was in a Dodge Challenger, were parked on the improved shoulder of the road facing west, when a Ford F-550 truck traveling in the wrong direction on SH-114 struck the front of the Chal-lenger, and pushed it into the front of the DPS patrol vehicle.
As a result of the collision, the driver of the Dodge Challenger died on the scene. The driver of the Ford F-550 truck had moderate injuries and was transported to University Medical Center in Lubbock. The Trooper was also transported for evaluation and released.
An investigation is still ongoing. No additional information is available at this time.