Longview Highway Motorcycle Crash Kills Texas Man
A fatal motorcycle crash claimed the life of a veteran law enforcement officer and police trainer on Wednesday, June 27. The police instructor was traveling on Texas 31 when the fatal motorcycle crash occurred. An SUV in the right lane allegedly attempted to make a U-turn and slammed into his motorcycle. Despite the fact that he was rushed to a nearby hospital after the accident occurred, emergency workers could not save his life.
The East Texas law enforcement community held a high amount of regard for the slain police trainer, according to an assistant police chief who was a friend. He praised the motorcyclist’s depth of knowledge and experience. According to him, the police trainer will not be easy to replace at the East Texas Police Academy where he trained future law enforcement officials.
A fire marshal who trained under the slain police trainer echoed his belief that the law enforcement community had suffered a great loss with the man’s death in the fatal motorcycle crash. He greatly admired the police trainer’s knowledge, amount of education and caring nature. Undoubtedly the slain man’s family and friends will be feeling an even deeper sense of loss.
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Sometimes, people try to blame the motorcyclist in a fatal motorcycle crash, but preliminary evidence seems to suggest that the police trainer was simply traveling in his lane when the SUV allegedly turned in front of him. Officials also revealed that the slain man was wearing his helmet at the time of the accident. There was no preliminary indication that traffic citations and/or criminal charges were issued to the SUV driver, who was uninjured in the collision, and neither was a passenger. It remains to be seen if the victim’s family will turn to Texas civil courts to pursue a wrongful death claim for damages occasioned by the tragedy.
Source: Longview News-Journal, “Off-duty highway crash kills East Texas police instructor,” Richard Yeakley, June 28, 2012
