Travis County Deputy Killed in Motorcycle Collision

TRAVIS COUNTY, TX — A senior deputy with the Travis County Sheriff's Office was killed overnight after colliding his motorcycle with another vehicle in Milam County, officials said on Saturday.

Senior Deputy Robert (Drew) Small, 48, was driving home from Louisiana at the time of the collision, sheriff's officials said in an advisory. The accident is under investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the sheriff's office said.

Officials said Small joined the sheriff's office in December 1995, starting his law enforcement career in dispatch. He served a corrections officer for several years before becoming a deputy in 2006. He worked night shift patrol in western Travis County for more than a decade before moving to the Motors Unit in December 2018.

Deputy Small’s employee development file is stacked with letters of appreciation and commendation from the community, sheriff's officials noted. He recently received a Unit Citation for his work with the Special Response Team, officials said.

Deputy Small’s body will be escorted to the Travis County Medical Examiner’s office by Travis County Sheriff's Office deputies, the sheriff's office said.

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This is the second time in eight months that a Travis County Sheriff's Office deputy has died in a car accident. In March, Senior Deputy Christopher Korzilius, 32, was killed after his unmarked vehicle rolled off the road along the 7700 block of FM 2244.

A sheriff's office spokesperson at the time said Korzilius was assigned to the VICE unit, and was driving his unmarked unit, a Ford Escape, at the time of the collision. The spokesperson said the deputy joined the sheriff's office in June 2016, and spent most of his time working night shift patrol in eastern Travis County. He was promoted to senior deputy status two years after joining the agency before joining the VICE unit in January 2020.