Constable Captain Billy Masden Injured in Montgomery County Crash on State Highway 249
Montgomery County, Texas (March 11, 2019) – A Precinct 5 Constable Captain was injured on Saturday in a suspected DUI crash on a Montgomery County highway, according to the authorities.
The crash occurred on Saturday, March 9, on State Highway 249.
Authorities said Captain Billy Masden was closing lanes at a construction site along the highway and was sitting in his patrol car with all emergency lights flashing when a white pickup truck rear-ended his car. The impact pushed the patrol car almost one hundred feet.
The pickup continued, crashing into a construction sign and the pickup truck which was pulling it. The impact pushed the truck into a ditch in the construction site.
Masden sustained non-life-threatening injuries from the crash.
The driver of the pickup and a female passenger were uninjured in the crash. The driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI and was taken to Montgomery County Jail.
The crash remains under investigation.