Texas LEO fatally struck while running radar on highway

By: Jack Howland, James Hartley, & Domingo Ramirez Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — A Grand Prairie, Texas police officer who was standing outside of his vehicle running radar was hit and killed by a car Friday morning, according to police.

Grand Prairie Officer Albert “A.J.” Castaneda, 38, died shortly before 11 a.m. at an Arlington hospital.

Castaneda was standing near his vehicle on the inside shoulder of President George Bush Turnpike when the driver of a Nissan 300ZX lost control of the car and hit the Grand Prairie Police Department Tahoe, police said. The officer was thrown from the elevated highway to the ground below, police said.

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