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Texas correctional officer killed in car accident

Sgt. Anthony Riddle was a corrections officer with the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office

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Sgt. Anthony Riddle.

Photo Burnet County Sheriff’s Office

KXAN News

BURNET COUNTY, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety officials continue investigating a deadly crash that killed a man on U.S. Highway 281, about five miles south of Lampasas.

The crash happened about 5:20 p.m. Wednesday. All lanes of the highway were closed while troopers investigated the crash.

According to a post on the Burnet Police Department’s Facebook page, the person who died in the crash was 29-year-old Sgt. Anthony Riddle, a Corrections Officer with the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office. Riddle was on his way to work when he was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle.

Full story: Burnet Co. sergeant dies in crash along U.S. 281