Off-duty DPS off icer injured in Hwy. 79 crash

Patrick Timms, a Texas Department of Public Safety Sergeant, was injured in a three-vehicle crash on Hwy. 79 on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 1.

According to a DPS press release, a 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 was stopped in the northbound lane yielding to traffic to make a left turn into his residence when a 2019 GMC Sierra with a distracted driver failed to control their speed and rear ended the Ram. The i…