DPS Trooper Dies in Car Crash

Sep 16, 2025

AUSTIN – It is with great sadness that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces the death of a Highway Patrol Trooper following a traffic crash in San Jacinto County. Trooper Jerry Wayne Adamick Jr., 44, was driving on […]

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