El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Texas
End of Watch: Saturday, September 17, 2005
Age: 51
Tour of Duty: 26 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: September 17, 2005
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant Ruben Orozco was killed in an automobile accident on I-10, near Trowbridge Drive.
The wheel from a pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction broke off, flew across the median, and struck Sergeant Orozco's patrol car on the roof and driver's door.
The patrol car stopped after scraping along the median for a quarter mile. Sergeant Orozco was transported to Thomason Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.
Sergeant Orozco as a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the El Paso County Sheriff's Department for 26 years. He is survived by his wife, three children, and three grandchildren.