According to news reports, a woman hit a state trooper’s vehicle, killing a wrecker driver who was standing nearby.
February 23, 2019 – 9:30 pm: Gary DuBose, a Galveston wrecker driver, was killed in a crash involving a drunk driver while standing by the side of the road. The accident took place when 52-year-old Dianna Hoyler hit a patrol car of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Hoyler will face charges for drunk driving, intoxication manslaughter, and possession of controlled substances.
The accident took place near the feeder road of Interstate 45 south, near Teichman Road in Galveston.
The DPS trooper had pulled over a vehicle when Hoyler’s white SUV went off the road and hit his vehicle. The driver of the pulled over vehicle was injured in the crash, as was Hoyler. DuBose was killed in the crash.
According to his friends, DuBose was “a great man, very kind and will be greatly missed.”
The driver of the car that was pulled over was taken to UTMB Health. Hoyler is currently hospitalized, and will face charges once she is sufficiently recovered. Drunk driving appears to have been the cause of the accident at this time. Investigation is ongoing.
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