BREAKING - An officer with the Carrollton Police Department was killed in the line of duty overnight.
He was backing up another officer on a DWI investigation in the westbound lanes of 1905 E. President George Bush Turnpike when he was hit by a passing driver. It happened just before 10:30 p.m. The officer was taken to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Parker Road in Plano. .
Fellow officers gathered at the hospital and awaited his transport to the Collin County Medical Examiners office, according to public safety information manager Jolene DeVito.
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