A Dallas police officer has died after a crash with a wrong-way driver in southern Dallas late Tuesday night, Chief Eddie Garcia confirmed.
Garcia identified the officer as Jacob Arellano.
Arellano, 25, who had a young son and a girlfriend, died "after a brave fight," Garcia tweeted.
Garcia said Arellano died of head injuries suffered in the crash, which happened shortly before midnight on Spur 408 near Kiest Boulevard.
"We're mourning as a police department," a tearful Garcia said in a news conference Wednesday afternoon. "This is a tragedy for our department."
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