Sergio Romero

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol — Austin, TX

vehicular

End of Watch June 17, 2026

Age 27

Tour of Duty 9 mo

The Vigil Panel 227 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 94

Incident

Trooper Sergio Romero was killed in a vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 287 near Childress, Texas.

Around 4:00 p.m., Trooper Romero was attempting to pull over a vehicle when a tractor-trailer pulled out in front of his patrol vehicle. He died at the scene.

Trooper Romero had served with the Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol for nine months and previously served with the Hall County Sheriff's Office.

Survivors

Wife and two sons

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Added to badge.nw: June 18, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Romero served with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Romero.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol

Location Austin, TX

Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 17, 2026

Tour of Duty 9 mo

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause vehicular

Incident Location Childress, TX

Trooper Sergio Romero is one of 1 officers lost in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 1 of 2,421 officers were lost in the line of duty — 0% of this state's fallen.

At Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, 1 of 95 officers on record were lost in the line of duty — 1.1% of this agency's fallen.

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol

of 95 officers

1.1% vehicular

TX — Statewide

of 2,421 officers

0% vehicular

Nationwide

of 32,508 officers

0% vehicular