Motorcyclist in Critical Condition After Crash During Funeral Procession for Slain Security Officer
Dallas TX Sept 20 2020 A member of a private motorcade service was critically injured Saturday while assisting in the funeral procession for a security guard who was fatally shot earlier in the week, Dallas police say.
The procession was headed eastbound in the left lane of the 9300 block of Garland Road when a 42-year-old escort rider on a motorcycle was struck by a black Chevrolet Impala, police said.
Police said a driver in the procession gave the driver of the Impala a motion to go ahead. The driver of the Impala, a 25-year-old woman, thought the center and right lanes were clear, police said.
When the Impala went ahead, the motorcycle struck the vehicle, and its driver was thrown into a telephone pole and a tree.
The 42-year-old man was taken to an area hospital in critical condition, police said.
The owner of North Texas Motorcade confirmed that one of the group’s members was involved in a wreck Saturday.
The procession for Jose Montes, 28, followed a funeral service at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church on Old Gate Lane, near Garland Road.
Montes was to be laid to rest Saturday at Calvary Hill Cemetery.
