4 Hospitalized after Waco Patrol Vehicle Crash on Highway 6 near Riesel

Waco, Texas (January 5, 2020) – Four people were injured Saturday afternoon in a traffic accident involving a DPS trooper’s patrol unit in Waco near Riesel, according to a local news source.

The crash took place around 1:00 p.m. on January 4, on Highway 6.

Officials said a white Dodge Charger rear-ended the DPS trooper’s SUV while he was working on a two-vehicle accident on the highway.

The trooper was outside his vehicle at the time of the crash.

The driver and three passengers in the Dodge were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The trooper was uninjured.

An investigation is ongoing.