Three Eagle Pass Police Department Vehicles Slammed By Alleged DWI Driver

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018

Maverick County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Roberto De Leon reported that three Eagle Pass Police Department vehicles were slammed by a 1996 Ford Pick Up Truck while doing a traffic stop of another vehicle on Bibb Avenue on Friday, January 19, 2018, at approximately 2:15 A.M., damaging the three police vehicles and injuring one Eagle Pass Police Officer.

The driver of the 1996 Ford Pick Up Truck that struck the three Eagle Pass Police Department vehicles was identified as Pedro Talamantes, III, who was arrested and charged for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).  

The Eagle Pass Police Officer injured in the accident was inside his police car when Talamantes struck him, sustaining injuries that required that the police officer be transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Because the accident involved the Eagle Pass Police Department, the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department and Texas Department of Public Safety are handling the investigation.

The names of the Eagle Pass Police Officer involved and injured in the accident have not been released as of press time.