Lieutenant

Irvin M. Brown

Nueces County Sheriff's Office, Texas

End of Watch: Monday, February 13, 1995

Incident Date: 2/13/1995

Cause: Heart attack

Lieutenant Brown suffered a fatal heart attack while driving the agency's DARE vehicle, a 1987 Ford Escort, down the JFK Causeway. The vehicle struck the guardrail, traveled several hundred feet, then crossed over the median and struck another car head-on. The driver of the other car was the mother of a police officer and was critically injured in the accident.
Lieutenant Brown had been in charge of the DARE program since 1987. He was survived by his wife.

ODMP Link: Irvin M. Brown

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