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Man charged with intoxication manslaughter for crash that killed Dallas PD officer
DALLAS - A 32-year-old man has been charged for a crash that resulted in the death of a Dallas PD officer who was working another crash scene early Saturday morning.The Dallas Police Department is mourning the death of officer Mitchell Penton.Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said Penton was working a crash along northbound Highway 75, near Walnut Hill Lane in North Dallas, just after 1 a.m.As the officer was securing the scene, police said a black Kia Forte being driven by suspected drunken driver, Phillip Mabry, drove through the road flares at a high rate of speed and struck the police vehicle.The police vehicle then hit Penton, who was taken to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, where he was pronounced dead.AdvertisementMabry was arrested