POSTED: Saturday, March 24, 2012 - 4:25pm
UPDATED: Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 5:22pm
EL PASO — A Texas Highway Patrol trooper died after a car wreck in east El Paso.
Javier Arana, Jr., 32, was responding to a call when his patrol car was hit by a Ford Ranger on Joe Battle Boulevard and Bob Hope just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Arana's car caught fire and he died on the scene.
Arana graduated from the DPS Academy in November 2010 and was stationed in El Paso. Arana is survived by a wife and children. He is the 87th DPS employee to die in the line of duty.
Two men in the Ford Ranger were taken to hospitals. Their condition is unknown.