Three Now Lucky To Be Alive After Cop Car Flips In Temple, Texas

Temple, Texas sees a lot of traffic with both its optimal and congested placement along Interstate 35 in Central Texas and that can lead to many accidents like a Marlin police car flipping over after being T-Boned. With all of the growth that has been occurring throughout Temple and the immediate surrounding region, heavier traffic congestion is sadly inevitable now due to infrastructure always lagging severely behind the influx of people and vehicles.

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One of the more congested intersection in the southeast corner of Temple is a perpendicular crossing of US Highway 190 with Old Highway 95 with the 190 traffic cruising up to the stoplight with a 55 miles per hour speed limit.

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Marlin, Texas Police Transport T-Boned And Flipped Over At Busy Temple Intersection

You can see in the images above that clearing the intersection was no easy task, and in the video just below you will see that several people rendered aid to the police officer that was transporting a prisoner.

If there is one thing we can all agree on, it is Texas has the longest red lights in the country. People who have never been anywhere else have often made similar remarks, guess they must be basing their assessment on watching movies or YouTube.

Based on the accident information, this is the direction the Marlin Police car was traveling when it was T-boned by a vehicle traveling northbound through the intersection. No matter who was at fault, both vehicles were likely traveling pretty quickly before impact.

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Thankfully, no fatalities, and all three people are expected to make a full recovery.