{"id":94913,"date":"2024-04-26T01:52:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T05:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-deputy-killed-while-working-crash-scene-was-hit-by-driver-talking-on-cellphone-sheriffs-office-94913"},"modified":"2024-04-26T01:52:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T05:52:34","slug":"texas-deputy-killed-while-working-crash-scene-was-hit-by-driver-talking-on-cellphone-sheriffs-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-deputy-killed-while-working-crash-scene-was-hit-by-driver-talking-on-cellphone-sheriffs-office-94913","title":{"rendered":"Texas deputy killed while working crash scene was hit by driver talking on cellphone: sheriff&#8217;s office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authorities <\/a>have released more details in the line-of-duty death of a Harris County deputy who was hit by a truck while working a crash earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Investigator John Coddou, 50, died on Tuesday after he was hit by a man driving a Chevrolet Silverado 2500 while investigating a minor crash in the northbound lanes of Highway 99 at around 9:36 a.m., a traffic report from the Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>Coddou positioned his patrol vehicle on the left shoulder of the highway with the right side of his car partially blocking the first northbound lane before getting out to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that the vehicle&#8217;s emergency lights were activated.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 10 minutes later, a white Silverado approached the scene by driving in the lane Coddou&#8217;s vehicle was blocking. While the driver has not been publicly identified, the report said it was a &#8220;known male.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The driver was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talking on his cellphone<\/a> hands-free while approaching the area, according to the report, and engaged in a &#8220;faulty evasive action&#8221; to avoid hitting Coddou&#8217;s vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By doing that, he drove into the center grassy median that was dividing the northbound and southbound lanes, which was where Coddou was standing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deputy was struck by the front right area of the truck, the report said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/memphis-police-officer-killed-shootout-teens-one-whom-recently-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICER KILLED DURING SHOOTOUT WITH TEENS, ONE OF WHOM WAS RECENTLY RELEASED<\/strong><\/a><a rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coddou was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center, where he later died.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheriff Ed Gonzalez<\/a> said the department was &#8220;deeply saddened&#8221; by his death and a procession was held in his honor on Thursday. FOX 26 Houston reported that Coddou served with the Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office&#8217;s Vehicular Crimes Division is continuing to investigate the deadly collision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-deputy-killed-working-crash-scene-hit-driver-talking-cellphone-sheriffs-office\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-deputy-killed-working-crash-scene-hit-driver-talking-cellphone-sheriffs-office <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas authorities have released more details in the line-of-duty death of a Harris County deputy who was hit by a truck while working a crash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-94913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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