Trooper Killed in Crash

PARIS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper is dead after a crash outside of Paris in Lamar County.

DPS said in a news release that Jeffrey Nichols, 27, died when he lost control of his patrol car on a county road and hit a tree.

Nichols had been with DPS since August 2011.

The crash is under investigation.

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