SUGAR LAND, Texas – A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a crash which critically injured a Sugar Land police officer back in 2022.
Julian Requena was sentenced by Judge Surendran Pattel for the crash which seriously hurt Officer Ruben Munoz, who was 25-years-old at the time.
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Requena was found to be intoxicated during the crash and was charged with two counts of intoxication assault.
The crash happened on Mar. 20, 2022, at around 2 a.m. , Officer Munoz was working a single-vehicle crash on US-59 near Highway 90 and was using his patrol car to block traffic when he was struck.
Munoz was trapped inside his patrol vehicle and unconscious. SLPD Officers Daniel Barbarick and Demarcus Mitchell witnessed the crash, pried the back door to Munoz’s patrol vehicle and moved him to the HOV lane, with the help of two Good Samaritans. The officers administered CPR until paramedics arrived on the scene.
Officer Munoz underwent numerous surgeries during his recovery and is back on the job.