A young Texas Highway Patrol trooper died over the weekend after he was wounded while investigating a car crash.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) announced the death of Trooper Kevin Alexis Ramirez Vasquez, 25, in a press release on Sunday. Ramirez Vasquez was responding to an accident when he was “struck by a vehicle” on Tuesday morning.
“Trooper Ramirez Vasquez suffered serious injuries and was taken to Medical Center Hospital in Odessa,” the department said. “He was then airlifted to a Lubbock-area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Sept. 28.”…