Deputy Sheriff Kevin Smith was killed in a vehicle collision on Highway 359, near Rankin, while en route to assist firefighters at the scene of a tank battery fire.
A tractor trailer traveling in the opposite direction crossed the center line and struck Deputy Smith's patrol car head-on, killing him.
Deputy Smith had served with the Upton County Sheriff's Department for 2-1/2 years.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Sheriff Dan Brown
Upton County Sheriff's Department
PO Box 27
Rankin, TX 79778
Phone: (432) 693-2422