Donald W. Smiley

City Marshal Donald Smiley was struck and killed while trying to wake up the driver of a stalled pick-up truck. As he stood beside the truck, a tractor-trailer nicked the left rear of the officer's car, which was behind the pick-up with his emergency lights on. The truck slid along the patrol car and the pick-up, striking Marshal Smiley and throwing him into the eastbound lane of Highway 54. As the tractor-trailer's driver was parking his rig, an eastbound vehicle ran over Marshal Smiley but continued on. Marshal Smiley died minutes later. The pick-up driver was cited for driving under the influence. The tractor-trailer driver was cited for failure to control his speed. The second vehicle and driver were never located. Marshal Smiley was a United States Army Korean War veteran and was the sole law enforcement officer in the city of Texhoma.