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The Dallas Police Department announced funeral services for former Officer Jacob Arellano, who died in a traffic accident this week.
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Arellano was on his way to his shift late Tuesday when he was hit by a wrong-way driver in the Mountain Creek area of southwestern Dallas, and he died Wednesday morning.
Police said department honors will be rendered at the end of the service.
On Friday, a funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in El Paso. Burial will follow at Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Arellano was driving northbound on Spur 408 near West Kiest Boulevard just before midnight Tuesday when a sedan going the wrong way collided with him head-on. The crash knocked Arellano’s vehicle into another lane, where it was struck by a tractor-trailer.
Police announced Friday that 31-year-old Mayra Rebollar faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter in the crash. Authorities confirmed Rebollar was still hospitalized in police custody Saturday.
Wrong-way crashes are rare, but often fatal, experts have said. Two-thirds of the time, the crashes are the result of intoxicated drivers.
Arellano, 25, had worked for the Dallas Police Department since June 2019 and was assigned to the Northwest patrol division.