POTTSBORO, TX — A Sheriff’s Deputy was taken to the hospital after an accident with a pickup truck that happened in Pottsboro, Texas on Thursday, April 30th, 2015. Officials with details of the accident investigation said that the accident happened sometime Thursday afternoon.
An as-of-yet unidentified police officer was taken to the hospital when the patrol vehicle he was driving was hit by a pickup truck while driving in the northbound lanes of Highway 289. Police believe the offending pickup truck tried to pass another vehicle when it struck the patrol vehicle on the front.
The police officer and driver of the pickup truck were taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries after the accident.
The Grayson County Sheriff’s Department was handling the accident investigation.
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Scene of the Accident
View of the Road
Commentary:
The news made it pretty clear that the driver of the pickup truck may have been at fault. If true, then people need to know how this accident could be handled in the eyes of the law. Police officers actually have a pretty special priveledge that allows them to pursue a claim against the offending driver in addition to a workers’ compensation claim with their police department. Officers and men in uniform are not forced to choose one or the other, when the option to take both usually benefits them far more.
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