It all started because three members of law enforcement had to pull over to work with an uncooperative drunk driver at 6:30 a.m.
A Texas state trooper was hit by a vehicle and ended up pinned in between cars while assisting a drunk driver stuck in the middle of I-10, according to the Chamber County Sheriff's Office.
The DPS trooper was taken to a hospital by Life Flight, but the driver who crashed into the officer died, Sheriff Brian Hawthorne confirmed. At about 6:29 a.m. Tuesday, a DPS trooper pulled over to help a drunk driver who was stopped on the interstate near mile marker 815, authorities said. The trooper was moving the car to the inside shoulder when at about 6:33 a.m., a Chambers County deputy pulled over to assist.As the second trooper was walking to the scene, another vehicle slammed into the trooper's car, pinning the officer between vehicles, Hawthorne confirmed to ABC13.
The trooper was talking and aware of the crash, authorities said. He sustained lacerations to his face.
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