Roll of Honor
Eligio Ruiz Garcia, Jr.
Incident
Corrections Officers Eligio Garcia and Christopher Davis were killed in a prison bus crash on I-20 near Penwell, Texas, at approximately 7:30 am.
The bus was transporting 10 inmates from a transfer facility in Abilene to the Rogelio Sanchez State Jail in El Paso. The vehicle struck a patch of ice on an overpass, causing it to slide off the highway and down an embankment. The bus then struck a passing train and was dragged along the tracks, breaking apart.
Officers Garcia and Davis, along with eight inmates, suffered fatal injuries at the scene. One other officer and four other inmates were transported to hospitals in critical condition.
Officer Garcia had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for just under 23 years.
Rest in peace Corrections Officer V Garcia.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis June 21st, 2023
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22 years. You could have gone home.
Corrections Officer V Garcia gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer V Garcia.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Officer V Eligio Ruiz Garcia, Jr. is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 32 of 124 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Eligio Ruiz Garcia, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Eligio Ruiz Garcia, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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