Officer Involved in Crash
Posted/updated on: July 12, 2011 at 3:56 pm
TYLER — A Tyler motorcycle officer has received minor injuries in an accident. Just before 10:30 Monday morning Officer J.D. Smith was operating traveling west on the inside lane of East 5th Street. Investigators say a 2002 Toyota Land Cruiser driven by Jason Moore Auringer, 34, of Tyler, pulled from the Exxon Station onto Fifth Street, turning left in front of the officer. Officer Smith hit the driver’s side door of the car. Police say Auringer was found at fault in the collision for failing to yield the right of way. Officer Smith was transported to East Texas Medical Center by EMS with minor injuries. Officer Smith is a 37 year veteran of the Tyler Police Department. He has been assigned to the motorcycle division for 33 years.
