Parolee charged in crash that killed deputy
A woman who was released from prison on parole earlier this month has been charged in a crash that killed a deputy Wednesday morning, Harris County sheriff’s deputies said.
The fatal crash happened on E. Wallisville Road and Oleander in Highlands. The deputy, Jesse Valdez III, was traveling eastbound on East Wallisville Road when the driver of a dark-colored SUV traveling westbound crossed into the eastbound lane of traffic, hitting his vehicle head-on.
Valdez was an 11-year veteran assigned to the patrol bureau. He was a single father with a 10-year-old son.
