JOURDANTON, Texas (AP) - A South Texas police officer has been killed and two people critically hurt in a head-on collision in Atascosa (a-tuhs-KOH’-suh) County.
A coroner on Monday identified the man who died as 51-year-old Pearsall police Officer Michael Villarreal.
Investigators say the two-vehicle wreck happened Sunday afternoon about 5 miles west of Jourdanton (JERD’-nt-n) on Highway 97.
The Department of Public Safety says Villarreal was transporting a 15-year-old boy to a juvenile facility when his patrol vehicle and a pickup truck collided.
Sgt. Jason Reyes says the teen and the truck driver remained in critical condition Monday at a San Antonio hospital. Reyes says authorities are still trying to determine what caused the wreck.
Reyes had no immediate information on why the teen was in custody.
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