Police Officer Injured in Center Two-Vehicle Crash on State Highway 7

Center, Texas (November 15, 2023) – A Center Police Department officer was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon following a two-vehicle traffic collision on Nacogdoches Street, according to a police report.

The crash happened at about 2:54 p.m. on November 14 on eastbound State Highway 7.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), a Center Police Department was traveling eastbound in the outside lane of Nacogdoches Street (State Highway 7). At the same time, a utility truck was eastbound in the inside lane of the highway.

DPS said the police vehicle made a U-turn from the outside lane and collided with the truck. The impact sent both vehicles into the westbound ditch where the truck landed on its passenger side and the police vehicle crashed through a wall.

The police officer was taken to Nacogdoches Medical Center for possible injury.

The crash remains under investigation.

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