DPS Trooper Injured in Wreck
Posted/updated on: November 6, 2012 at 2:22 am
TYLER — A DPS trooper was involved in a car accident Monday morning on Old Omen Rd. in Tyler. KETK reports it happened near the Arrowhead Golf Course around 7:20 a.m. According to Smith County DPS officials, Trooper Abernathy swerved to miss a deer that ran out in front of him, and ran off the road. The DPS unit was the only vehicle involved, and it is said to have substantial damage. Trooper Abernathy was being checked out out by medical officials.
