East Texas Officer Killed In Crash

Longview PD

Family, friends, and fellow officers around the state are mourning the death of an East Texas police officer in a one-vehicle crash. Investigators say an SUV driven by Longview Officer Stedmond Coleman veered off the road near Easton, skidded, hit a culvert and overturned. Coleman was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the hospital. A child in his vehicle was treated and released.