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Beaumont officer killed, another seriously injured in head-on collision with wrong-way driver, police say
BEAUMONT, Texas A Beaumont police officer is dead and another seriously injured Saturday morning after their patrol unit was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver, according to the Beaumont Police Department. One officer was pronounced dead at the scene. The other officer was transported to an area hospital in serious but stable condition, according to the Beaumont Police Department. The department is withholding the names of the officers involved at this time. State troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety are conducting an investigation into the crash.