Deputy killed working crash scene by driver distracted by phone
HARRIS COUNTY, TX – A tragic incident unfolded earlier this week when a deputy investigator from Harris County, John Coddou, was fatally struck by a truck while on duty. The 50-year-old officer, who had served the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for two decades, was investigating a minor accident on Highway 99 when the incident occurred. According to a traffic report from the Sheriff’s Office, Coddou had parked his patrol vehicle on the highway’s left shoulder, …