Woman Charged Over Texas Police Officer Traffic Death
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PEARLAND, Texas (AP) — A Houston-area woman is accused of driving drunk and causing a two-vehicle crash that killed a Pearland police officer.
Brazoria County jail records show Amber Willemsen of Friendswood was being held Wednesday on a charge of intoxication manslaughter.
Willemsen's bond is set at $150,000.
Pearland police say Officer Endy Ekpanya died Sunday after his patrol car was struck by another vehicle as he responded to a non-emergency call.
Willemsen was treated for minor injuries.
Records show Willemsen in 2014 completed two years of probation in a misdemeanor DWI case.
She was arrested May 29 on a charge of possession of methamphetamine and was free on bond at the time of the deadly wreck.
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