MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas - A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper is dead after getting into a fiery crash while responding to a call late Monday night.

Texas DPS trooper killed in crash

What we know:

According to reports, the trooper was on his way to help San Jacinto County law enforcement units and was driving along FM 945 off FM 2025.

The trooper crossed the East Fork of the San Jacinto River bridge and approached the next curve, reports said. However, his vehicle left the roadway, and he crashed into a pine tree, before the vehicle caught fire. g fire.

Just before 9 p.m. San Jacinto County dispatchers received a call about the crash. Firefighters arrived to the scene to see the vehicle was fully on fire.

DPS investigators spent hours investigating and learned the crash ha

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