Dallas Officer Dies After Morning Crash On I-20

DALLAS, TX — The Dallas Police Department officer who was struck during a funeral escort Saturday morning has died, Dallas police chief U. Renee Hall announced in a press conference around 11:25 a.m.

Hall said the officer, Senior Corporal Earl Jamie Givens, was, along with other officers from the motorcycle unit, escorting the body of a former officer from Laurel Land Funeral Home in Dallas to a burial site in East Texas at the time of the crash.

Hall said Givens used his motorcycle to block the eastbound entrance ramp of I-20 at Bonnie View Road when he was struck by a Kia Sportage that was driving at a high rate of speed.

Givens' fellow officers rendered aid until Dallas Fire Rescue arrived, Hall said. Givens was rushed to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The driver of the Kia Sportage, an unidentified 25-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, Hall said.

Givens was a 32-year veteran of Dallas Police Department who joined the motorcycle unit in 2012.

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