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Semi Truck Driver Killed on Loop 410 Identified
Authorities have identified the semi truck driver killed on Loop 410 this week. Officials say Jack Vance died when he slammed into another 18-wheeler stopped in the fast lane on Loop 410 near the IH-10 interchange Monday. Ricky Joe Hastings' pickup then slammed into Vance's semi-truck. Hastings suffered a broken leg and has since been discharged from the San Antonio Military Medical Center. The driver who stopped, Andre Dixon, 30, faces criminally negligent homicide charges.
Authorities have identified the semi truck driver killed on Loop 410 this week. Officials say Jack Vance died when he slammed into another 18-wheeler stopped in the fast lane on Loop 410 near the IH-10 interchange Monday. Ricky Joe Hastings' pickup then slammed into Vance's semi-truck. Hastings suffered a broken leg and has since been discharged from the San Antonio Military Medical Center. The driver who stopped, Andre Dixon, 30, faces criminally negligent homicide charges.
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LAREDO, Texas (AP) -- A former Laredo police officer has been sentenced to a year in prison after admitting to abusing a suspect in his patrol car last year.
A federal judge in Laredo sentenced Frank Carter on Thursday. Carter had pleaded guilty March 7 to violating the civil rights of the male suspect and admitted to having used "unjustified and unlawful force against a handcuffed arrestee."
The incident was recorded on a rear-facing dashboard camera.
Carter could have received a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
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