{"id":1354098,"date":"2024-09-11T09:32:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1354098"},"modified":"2024-09-14T04:42:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T09:42:41","slug":"gregg-county-deputy-hit-by-driver-charged-with-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1354098","title":{"rendered":"Gregg County deputy hit by suspected drunk driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1354419\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/09\/GREGGCODWIDEPUTY-225x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/09\/GREGGCODWIDEPUTY-225x172.png 225w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/09\/GREGGCODWIDEPUTY-457x350.png 457w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/09\/GREGGCODWIDEPUTY.png 509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>GREGG COUNTY &#8212; The Gregg County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said an intoxicated driver hit a sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deputy while he worked a rollover accident Tuesday afternoon. According to the sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office and our news partner KETK, responders were working a one-vehicle rollover on FM 1252 around 3:45 p.m. when a eastbound Honda hit and injured a sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deputy. DPS troopers arrested the driver, Rigoberto Meza, 71, of Longview.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re relieved to report that the deputy has been treated for his injuries at a local hospital and has been released,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d GCSO said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He is in good spirits and is expected to make a full recovery.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>DPS troopers arrested the Honda driver and officials said the driver was charged with driving while intoxicated, no driver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s license and no insurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREGG COUNTY &#8212; The Gregg County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said an intoxicated driver hit a sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deputy while he worked a rollover accident Tuesday afternoon. According to the sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office and our news partner KETK, responders were working a one-vehicle rollover on FM 1252 around 3:45 p.m. when a eastbound Honda hit and injured a sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1354098\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gregg County deputy hit by suspected drunk driver<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1354100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/09\/GREGGCODWIDEPUTY-225x172.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1354098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 13:22:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/09\/GREGGCODWIDEPUTY-225x172.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1354098"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354420,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354098\/revisions\/1354420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1354100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1354098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1354098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1354098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}