A Dallas policeman killed by a drunk driver at a funeral procession for another officer

Cpl Superior Earl "Jamie" Givens was a 32-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department.

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Senior Cpl. Earl "Jamie" Givens was a 32-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department.

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Senior Cpl. Earl "Jamie" Givens was a 32-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department
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A police officer Dallas was killed Saturday, when a suspected drunk driver met him at a funeral procession of another police officer, the police department said:

Earl "Jamie" Givens was positioned to block traffic to the ramp to the east on Interstate 20 at Bonnie View Road around 5:30 am, the department announced. the police in a statement

. lights when the driver of a Kia Sportage hit the officer at a high rate of speed, the statement said. The vehicle struck a concrete separator and the driver remained on the scene until his arrest, police said.

Givens, a 32-year veteran of the department, was rushed to Baylor Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the car was arrested because he was suspected of impaired driving. Dallas police say the driver is a 25-year-old man but they have not identified him.

"Please keep the family and friends of Master Corporal Givens in your thoughts and prayers," said the police department. When the incident occurred, Dallas motorcyclists escorted the body of the master corporal. Tyrone Andrews at a location in East Texas. Andrews died on July 14th of cancer, the Dallas Morning News reported.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings posted on Twitter: "Our hearts are broken again. Thank you for praying for the Givens family and for the courageous @DallasPD agents who protect us every day. "

The Dallas County District Attorney's Office stated," The facts surrounding this accident are still under investigation. However, all charges brought to our office in this case will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. "

By AnneClaire Stapleton and Ralph Ellis, CNN