MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – Officials with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office confirms a 20-year-old man, who was the driver of the commercial truck which struck and killed a Montgomery County sheriff’s deputy over the weekend, has been arrested and charged in connection to her death.
Ian Perez is charged with passing certain vehicles violation with bodily injury, which is a charge associated with a violation of the State of Texas’ Move Over/Slow Down law.
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The charge is typically used when a driver fails to move over or slow down when approaching certain stopped vehicles displaying emergency or warning lights, such as police vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances, tow trucks, TXDOT vehicles, or utility service vehicles, and that violation leads to another person being injured.
Perez is being held on a $10,000 bond.
The crash happened early Sunday morning on I-45 near The Woodlands Parkway. Deputy Erika Serrato, a six-year veteran of the sheriff’s office who had recently become a patrol deputy, was assisting at the scene of an earlier DWI crash on the northbound lanes and was directing traffic when investigators say she was struck and killed by the commercial truck.
Another deputy was also injured by debris during the crash and is expected to recover.
Along with Perez, the man alleged to be responsible for the initial crash which Deputy Serrato was at the scene assisting with, was also arrested. Ashton Jammer, 34, is charged with DWI. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail.
The Montgomery County District Attorney says the investigation is still ongoing and additional charges could be added.