"Today we lost a good man" | Fort Worth police, family remember officer killed while working crash

A Fort Worth police officer died on August 12, 2024, after being hit on the scene of a crash on Interstate 35W, the Fort Worth Police Department confirmed.

The officer was identified as Sgt. Billy Randolph, according to a statement from the Fort Worth Police Department.

Sgt. Randolph was hit while responding to an initial crash where a tractor-trailer hit a barrier and caught fire.

The woman accused of striking him was identified by police as 25-year-old De Aujalae Evans of Fort Worth. Evans has been charged with Intoxication Manslaughter Causing the Death of a Peace Officer or Firefighter, police said.

Sgt. Randolph was standing on the exit ramp from IH-35W to Sycamore School Rd during the cleanup when Evans in a red 2020 Nissan Versa drove the wrong way up the exit ramp and struck Sgt. Randolph, police said.

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