Texas: Officer Hit by Drunken Driver in 2003 Dies

Officer Mario Valdez, who had returned to the force after being critically injured when a drunken driver slammed into him as he directed traffic in 2003, died Thursday night at Metropolitan Methodist Hospital. He was 41 and a 16-year veteran who worked patrol on the East Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

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