This happened Tuesday at 5:40 a.m. in the 400 block of Highway 146 South.
Authorities say Officer Adan Hernandez was driving north on the highway in his personal pickup truck when he hit a driver in a 2004 Ford Ranger pickup head-on. That driver was stopped, waiting to turn east onto FM 1765. The person was not injured.
Hernandez's bond was set at $1,000.
The crash is still under investigation.
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