(TX) Fort Worth officer working a crash killed by a wrong-way driver, police say
A Fort Worth police officer died August 12th after being hit at the scene of a fiery crash on Interstate 35W and Sycamore School Road.
While working a crash, 56-year-old Sgt. Billy Randolph was struck by a driver who drove through the crash scene at about 5:38 a.m. Randolph was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, where he died from his injuries, said Fort Worth police.
"Sgt. Randolph had been with the department for 30 years. I've been here 24, and I don't know the department without him," said Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes. "It's going to be a hard day, every day, from now on as we mourn the loss of one of our brothers."
The accident occurred when a tractor-trailer exited southbound I-35W onto Sycamore School Road at about 2:30 a.m. and hit the guardrail. The tractor caught fire and spilled fuel, which shut down the exit and service road, according to a report from the Fort Worth Police Department.
While working the scene, Randolph was standing on the freeway's exit ramp when a driver drove the wrong way up the ramp and fatally struck Randolph, according to police.
Noakes said the driver who struck Randolph didn't initially stop. About a quarter-mile later, Noakes said the driver exited the Nissan Versa she was in and began to run. She was taken into custody.
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