The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the death of one of its deputies who was directing traffic at a crash scene on I-45. Deputies responded around 2:40 a.m. to a reported accident on the freeway near the Woodlands Parkway exit.
Deputy Erika Serrato was directing traffic when a commercial truck hit her and two patrol vehicles. Serrato died at a local hospital. A driver involved in the initial crash was arrested for DWI. The truck driver was hospitalized in unknown condition.