{"id":1407615,"date":"2025-04-26T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T16:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1407615"},"modified":"2025-04-29T23:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:11:04","slug":"off-duty-tyler-police-officer-dies-in-motorcycle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1407615","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty Tyler police officer dies in motorcycle crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1407616\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/04\/TylerPDfallen-225x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/04\/TylerPDfallen-225x193.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/04\/TylerPDfallen-408x350.jpg 408w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/04\/TylerPDfallen-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/04\/TylerPDfallen.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>TYLER &#8212;\u00a0An off-duty Tyler police officer has died following a Friday evening motorcycle crash.\u00a0According to a release from the Tyler Police Department and our news partner KETK, at 6 p.m. officers responded to a crash on Troup Highway, just north of Loop 323. A preliminary investigation indicates that Officer Sam Lively, who was riding a motorcycle, was traveling south on Troup Highway in the outside lane.\u00a0 Another vehicle, also heading south in the inside lane, attempted to change lanes near Loop 323 and struck the motorcycle, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Lively was taken to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to the police department. He was off duty at the time of the crash. Lively had recently graduated from the police academy and completed his field training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficer Lively was an amazing young man who wanted to serve the Tyler community,\u201d the department said in a statement. \u201cHe will be missed by everyone that had the privilege of knowing him. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, and fellow officers.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The police department said the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212;\u00a0An off-duty Tyler police officer has died following a Friday evening motorcycle crash.\u00a0According to a release from the Tyler Police Department and our news partner KETK, at 6 p.m. officers responded to a crash on Troup Highway, just north of Loop 323. 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