Dallas police officer killed in crash with wrong-way driver
Dallas police officer Jacob Arellano is survived by his parents, girlfriend, infant child, and brother
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Dallas Police Department officer died from injuries he sustained in a car wreck shortly before midnight on Tuesday evening when a wrong-way driver crashed into him.
Officer Jacob Arellano, 25, was on his way to work in southern Dallas when a sedan traveling the wrong way hit the officer's vehicle head on, sending the officer's vehicle into a tractor trailer and causing it to flip several times.
Dallas Police Department Officer Jacob Arellano, 25, died from injuries he sustained in a car crash. (Dallas Police Department)
He was transported to a hospital in critical condition and died from his injuries at 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday.
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The driver, who police say might have been intoxicated, was transported to a hospital in serious condition.
Officer Arellano is survived by his parents, girlfriend, infant child, and brother, who is also a Dallas police officer.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Here is an officer driving to work to protect our city in full uniform when his life was taken," Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said outside the hospital in a video taken by Fox 4 Dallas. "We are all living our worst nightmare. Today we lost one of our own."
Dozens of officers lined up outside the hospital in Dallas to pay their respects to Arellano. (Fox 4 Dallas)
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Officer Arellano joined the Dallas Police Department in June 2019.