2 booked into custody following hit-and-run crash that injured Montgomery Co. deputy
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX – Two people were booked into custody following a hit-and-run crash that injured a Dallas police officer on Saturday, Fox26Houston said.
The crash happened on Interstate 45. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office stopped a driver, identified as 24-year-old Jacob Zamora, on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
A second deputy responded to the scene and used their marked patrol cruiser with activated emergency lights. One driver crashed her vehicle into the marked patrol car and immediately fled the scene.
Deputies tracked down the owner of the fleeing vehicle and identified her as 33-year-old Elizabeth Perez.
Perez is being charged with failure to stop and render aid, as well as passing an emergency vehicle that resulted in bodily injury, and driving while intoxicated.
Zamora is being charged with driving while intoxicated.
EMS took the injured deputy to a hospital, and he has since been released.
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