One Officer Injured in Dallas Car Accident on Interstate 35E
Dallas, Texas (February 25, 2019) – One deputy was hospitalized early  Sunday morning after a DUI crash in Dallas, according to a local news source.
At around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, February 24, two Dallas Sheriff’s deputies were working on a traffic crash on the left-hand side of Interstate 35E going northbound.
As per the report, the deputies were blocking two left lanes and had their emergency lights on for an 18-wheeler that stalled. For an unknown reason, a 2005 Dodge pickup truck then hit both Dallas Sheriff’s vehicles.
The driver of the Dodge tried to flee the scene going northbound on 35 N Louisiana.
The force of the impact caused an item that one of the deputies had in the center console to hit her in the head. The deputy sustained a head injury and was taken to a hospital. She was treated and later discharged from the hospital.
According to the report, a search was initiated and the suspect’s vehicle was found abandoned at a Wedny’s restaurant off of 510 S. Beckley Avenue.
Moments later, the suspect, identified as James Craig Supplee, 39, was found a couple of blocks away in an alleyway off of 115 S. Beckley Avenue and was transported into custody for a DUI.