Texas Officer Killed In Crash On Way To Crimes Against Children Conference

ABILENE, TX — A Texas police officer was killed and two others injured in a crash Sunday as the Abilene police officers were on their way to Dallas to to attend a Crimes Against Children conference, police said.

The officers, Detectives Elise Ybarra, Chris Milliorn and Robert Collins, were on their way to the conference when at around 6:15 p.m. they entered slow moving traffic on I-20 due to a vehicle crash. According to police, Ybarra, who was driving an unmarked detective's vehicle, entered a line of slow moving traffic and shortly afterwards a white pickup truck collided with the detective's vehicle.

Ybarra, 33, was killed in the crash. Milliorn and Collins were taken to the hospital but their injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

The crash is being investigated by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Ybarra began her career in law enforcement with the Sedalia Police Department in Missouri and joined the Abilene Police Department in 2014. After serving as a patrol officer, Ybarra joined the department's special victims unit as a child abuse investigator in 2016.

She is survived by her husband of 10 years and their 10-month-old daughter.

KTXS reported that Ybarra is the first female officer with the Abilene Police Department to be killed in the line of duty and the tenth overall. The Abilene Police Officer's Association has set up an account for donations that can be made to Ybarra's family.

In another case on Sunday, a western Missouri police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop at night and a manhunt is on for a person of interest.

Image via Abilene Police Department