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Beaumont Police officer found unresponsive beneath I-10 overpass, may have suffered medical emergency

He was found beneath the Interstate 10 overpass on the southside of the railroad tracks just north of College St, Tuesday morning.

BEAUMONT, Texas — A Beaumont Police officer found unresponsive beneath an Interstate 10 overpass Tuesday morning was taken to the hospital after possibly having a medical issue police say.

Police officers and medics were sent to beneath the Interstate 10 overpass on the southside of the railroad tracks just north of College St, Tuesday morning.

Dispatchers got a call from a citizen just after 7:30 a.m. that an officer was found unresponsive outside his vehicle beneath the overpass, according to police.

The officer was taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont where he is being treated for a possible medical emergency police said.

He was alert and getting some tests made at the hospital police said.

The officer was on duty but not on a call when he was found according to police.

This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.

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