Pearland, TX : Pearland police officer killed in a head-on car crash at Liberty and FM 518 Sunday morning, June 12, 2016

A Pearland police officer was killed in a car crash Sunday morning at the intersection of Broadway and Liberty Dr. in Pearland.

According to Pearland Police,officer Endy Ekpanya, 30, was responding to a non-emergency call when the accident occurred at 3:15 a.m.

Ekpanya was non-responsive and in the vehicle. Pearland Fire Dept. personnel extricated him from the vehicle and Ekpanya was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he later died. The driver of the other vehicle, who was the only person in that vehicle, was also transported via ambulance. No word on the other driver's condition was immediately available.

The Pearland Police Dept. and the Texas Dept. of Public Safety are investigating.

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Pearland officer killed in car crash