Man killed in Mesquite crash identified as off-duty Oakwood police officer

Man killed in Mesquite crash identified as an off-duty Oakwood police officer
Man killed in Mesquite crash identified as an off-duty Oakwood police officer Photo credit GettyImages

The man killed in yesterday's crash on I-635 in Mesquite has been identified as an off-duty police officer who was working security in a construction zone.

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Reports say Oakwood Police Officer Mitchell Rector was killed when an Infiniti Q-50 plowed into Rector's car in the construction zone.

The driver of the Infiniti identified as Elias Luevano-Gonzalez was jailed on a charge of intoxicated manslaughter. He remains locked up in the Mesquite city jail.

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