We remember Precinct 7 Deputy Constable Jennifer Chavis who died over the weekend in a fiery crash. Today, the driver accused of her death is due in court.
HOUSTON, Texas -- A suspected drunk driver accused of killing a Precinct 7 deputy constable is due in court Monday.
Deputy Constable Jennifer Chavis died on the job while working to stop a possible drunk driver. On Saturday, Chavis was trying to pull over the driver and was waiting in a fully marked patrol car on the side of the 7200 block of the South Sam Houston Parkway at Fondren, according to the sheriff's office.Harris County deputy killed in fiery crash on S.
"He hit a wall and is now driving. Still it's going to be a white work truck," a 911 dispatcher was heard saying on Rangecast audio. The suspected intoxicated driver, identified as 36-year-old Adolfo Serrano, was driving a Ford F-550 when he failed to drive in a single lane and hit Chavis in the rear, according to deputies.Chavis's patrol car caught on fire. A witness who recorded video of the deputy's car in flames said she heard a big bang before seeing black smoke.She leaves behind a husband, a 4-year-old son and an 11-year-old nephew who she was also raising.
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