This guy's got a pulse. He's not responsive. The other guy, I cannot find a pulse. >> It's a seizure. It's a recovery. He's trapped in the car, but it's on fire. It's engulfed now. >> No. Wednesday, February 1st, 2023, Levelin, Texas. On State Highway 114, only miles from Smire, a routine traffic stop appeared to be unfolding without incident. The driver had pulled over as directed and the patrol unit was positioned according to standard safety protocols. It was a typical scene on a rural Texas highway. Clear visibility, normal road conditions, and light morning traffic. Yet, in that seemingly safe setting, a single unexpected movement would be enough to turn routine into tragedy. I'm Tyler, and this is your daily dose of crime. Did you know that for just $6.99 a month, you can join Tyler's Crime Unit today, and get access to exclusive cases, extended cuts, early access to materials and a weekly vote on what we're going to cover next. Your contributions help us to keep funding these videos, and getting exclusive content just for you. Join today and become a member of Tyler's Crime Unit. Thanks for being here and supporting the channel. on 911. There's going to be a guy out there. >> I got 18 23 Yeah, the wheel. >> Hey, where's the trooper at? >> Trooper is at this side. >> But this guy need help, man. That >> sir. Sir, sir, >> you okay? >> Hey, that car is on fire. Are you okay? [laughter] >> Fire again. >> I'm hurt. I'm all right. This guy's got a pulse. He's not responsive. The other guy, I cannot find a pulse. Do you have a fire extinguisher? >> No, I don't. >> Okay. >> The emergency faced by the first responders was not the result of an ordinary crash. Minutes earlier, DPS trooper McCra Jstone had pulled over a driver who was complying with the stop. Both vehicles were properly positioned on the shoulder with the patrol car's emergency lights activated. At that moment, a Ford F550 truck barreled down the wrong side of the highway and struck both of the parked vehicles headon. The chain reaction would be devastating. The civilian driver showed no signs of life, and the truck's operator was found unconscious in the cab. The immediate priority was no longer to understand what had happened, but to contain the flames and identify who could still be pulled from the wreckage alive. 518 PD uh advise fire that uh one of these vehicles is going to be on fire. We got two in trap cut. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, it's cut. >> Yeah, it's cut. Fire. Fire. >> It's a big crash right here on 114. >> There's I mean, we're going to have to wait on fire. There's There's nothing I can do. Just keep pulling dirt, I guess. >> Police is right here now. Yeah, you're good. >> Try to yank him out. >> Well, I mean, if we can yank him out, we can, but I think he's trapped under that guy >> in the truck over there. >> We got to get >> All right. a little bit. >> He's got a pulse. He's kind of He's breathing. I've got a pulse on him. >> It's It's It's going It's getting rapid on it. I don't know what that means. >> I've got I'll hook him up to my car. >> Can you uh notify five00? a charger. >> I mean, if we can get him out, let's get him out. But >> you're getting hit for a a dolly from the back. You want to see it, sir? >> What's up, man? >> I got a 911 on the on the line. >> You're okay. We'll worry about that later. >> Damn. Not responding. You >> all right? >> All right. Later reconstruction revealed a critical detail. The truck had traveled several hundred feet in the wrong direction without breaking or swerving. Witnesses confirmed it held a straight trajectory, reinforcing the conclusion that this was no accident in those first minutes. However, there was no time for forensic analysis. Bystanders and officers did what they could, throwing grass on the fire, pulling victims away from burning vehicles, and fighting for seconds until fire and medical units could arrive. >> On fire. >> Yes. >> This the this guy respond. >> Yeah, I know. We'll just try and keep this fire under control until >> Anybody got a shovel in their truck? >> No, I don't. >> What about him? You got one? >> No, I sh >> I mean they're they're in route. >> Are uh any any like EMS or anybody on? >> No. >> Nobody. >> Uh, we have we have one. >> Okay. >> Covenant medical's here. >> Can you stay with him? >> Yeah. >> Hey, buddy. Are you okay? >> Yeah. I think I need to go to the hospital. >> I think you do, too. >> Just hang on. Are you able to get out of this vehicle or No. >> So, that one over there is on fire. I kind of need you to move. Yeah. >> Can you do that? >> Yeah. Here. Come back here. >> We've got a guy. Um, just just get here, man. I got >> Let's uh We try to have him sit down. >> Yeah. >> I just want to get him away from that car over there. >> Are you okay? >> Uh, I'm I'm all right. I'm good enough. We'll uh check on me later. I think I think we're good. Hey, brother. You want to have a seat? >> Let's Let's set you down. Is that all right? Nice and easy, brother. Nice and easy. Nice and easy. Nice and easy. >> Lay down if you need to. >> We got you. We got you. >> Lay down if you need to. >> Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. It's okay. >> Hey. Take a deep breath, brother. gas and then after that he passed me real fast. >> You got respons. >> Hey, hey, hey. >> Lay him down if you can. >> It's a seizure. Yep. Yep. >> When rescuers finally pulled the truck's driver from the wreckage, his condition raised even more questions. He drifted in and out of consciousness, muttered apologies, and showed convulsive movements that complicated medical assessment. Was it the result of the crash or a sign of use or another condition? Mechanical inspections later ruled out any failure of the vehicle itself, confirming that the trajectory had been deliberate. For the officers, the challenge was now twofold. stabilize a man on the verge of collapse while preserving a scene already marked by one fatality and a trooper fighting for his life. >> Hey, easy man. Easy, man. You with us? >> You all right, buddy? >> Um, it maybe related. He started apologizing for like wrongdoing and stuff. >> My Tahoe. >> Yeah. All right. How about you got truck? >> We can do that. >> They're coming. I just >> wind's blowing this way. Do you want to get him closer to the field or >> either way? Just as long as he's out of smoke. >> Okay. >> He'll just get his legs. >> Yeah. >> Drag right here. out. I was coming right on him. Hey. You got a fire extinguisher? >> No. >> Damn. >> You got a fire extinguisher on fire? >> He doesn't. We got one. It's He's probably fatal. He's trapped in the car, but it's on fire. Trooper's okay. Other guy that hit him. He's passed out in the field over here somewhere with the trooper. >> SM's supposed to be coming. I don't know where their fire truck is. >> Get on the radio and let them know there's someone trapped. >> I already have. I already have. It started to come fully bul anymore. It's right on 518 PD. >> Come on. >> All right. For 43. This victim's still trapped in the car. It's uh it's engulfed now. We got to step back, man. >> Jesus Christ. You want to see first thing? Damn >> it. >> Can you go grab a truck? >> I don't. I'm there from leather land. >> Okay. >> On their way to something. >> No. >> Jesus Christ. >> Yeah. You'll step back. I don't know how many fire extinguishers >> we went through. How much dirt we threw on it. >> Do you have a shovel, buddy? Sir, any >> No. >> Any got to show? Hey, >> I don't >> Come this way, man. Come on. >> I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. >> What's up? >> Just come sit down. >> God damn it. >> There's nothing we can do about that one. >> Yeah, I know it. >> Here, my patrol unit's right here. Come hop in, man. >> I got I got to help. >> Hey. No, it's okay. >> He He's He's He's with us. Yeah. Come on, man. >> Have you already notified your sergeant? >> I had Let me call Yeah, you can come sit in my patrol unit, man. >> I need to I need to move. >> Hey, sorry. Did you get a call from >> um I'm pretty sure one's deceased. Uh the guy that I was that I had stopped. Uh cars on fire. We we pumped like four. Uh so what's in the fire extinguisher? >> That truck over there. >> Uhuh. Is the one that hit him? >> Where were they at? >> Right here. >> You can see. >> The scale of the event soon became undeniable. One civilian was confirmed dead and the trooper critically injured. The erratic condition of the truck's driver further complicated medical care. And while investigative protocols were activated in parallel, traffic had to be rerouted, the wreckage preserved, and every fragment documented as potential evidence. The absence of evasive maneuvers or breaking left very little doubt. The collision was intentional. From that moment forward, the site was no longer treated as a traffic accident, but as a crime scene with irreversible consequences. >> Where's the fire truck? Huh? Where's the fire truck? >> I don't know, man. >> Well, they call for them. I see some of the first responders on scene, but there's no damn truck. >> How many you got on the ground? >> There's this gentleman right over here. He had a seizure. He was driver's second vehicle. Troopers over there. He's okay. He's hurt though. Third victim is in this car right here. >> The one that's on fire. Okay. So >> it >> that white truck hit the back of the trooper. He had that vehicle right there stopped. Victim's still in that car deceased. >> What about trooper? >> Trooper's okay. He's hurt, but he's okay. He's up in [screaming] a believe or around and then driver of that white truck is right over there laying on the ground. >> Who's in the car? Do we know? >> I don't know. The trooper will have his information. I believe you know who [screaming] the trooper is? Yeah, he's back. I don't know who it is, but he's back over here. >> Yeah, he's all right, though. >> Yeah, just going to turn him. >> I mean, >> probably the best. Yeah. >> What about this road? Is it bad? >> Uh, I don't know. >> We could have them probably go down to Ellis and come back through. >> Yeah, cuz it's not Is it blocked down through there from Spade? >> Well, no. >> No, they can get on one. They can get on the >> man. Would you mind pulling your patrol car in that lane right there and just so we have an open lane? >> How bad was Johnston? >> Huh? >> How bad was he? >> He's not bad. >> Okay. >> He's hurting. He's hurting the car. In the car? >> I have no idea, man. >> Sheriff, I was just talking to the sheriff. That's why I asked. >> I just passed him. I did a traffic stop on 2646. Came to Smy was doing a traffic stop and they called us out. >> Was he in? What lane was he in? This This >> This one over here. >> God damn it. That [ __ ] >> Y'all mind help backing him up? And then we got a school bus we got to get. >> Where is it? Smile. >> Yeah, it's back him up. >> Hey, just send him down that road. I think he's trying to let him right. He's got an arrow board, too. That'll >> I'll pull up. How are you, sir? >> Doing all right. How are you? >> Oh, man. It's always something every day. >> Yes, sir. Absolutely. >> So, do they need traffic control anywhere else up there? >> Uh, I don't I don't think so. I think >> I guess I think we got them all cleared out. >> I guess lane. Yeah, Jstone's all right. I don't know if you heard or not, but >> Yeah, he's We heard that on the radio. >> Good. >> Was he on a traffic stop? >> Yeah, he's on a traffic stop. White truck uh came behind him, hit him from behind. >> Yeah. >> Pushed him into that other one. There's one fatality in that. Uh >> Okay. So, they hit Johnston's vehicle. >> Yeah. It's It's bad. >> Okay. But he was okay. >> He's all right as far as I know. >> He's shaking up for sure. >> I know. People just they're not paying attention. >> Yes, sir. >> I tell you, man. It just makes you want to ride tickets all day. >> Yeah. No joke. No joke. >> I think we're about to twist off and do that. You know, >> that uh that gentleman that was up there, the driver, the one that struck the trooper, he was he seemed like he may have been intoxicated to be honest. Maybe narcotics related. >> Okay. Well, we've got the uh I guess the regional team is coming uh to the I don't know if it's state but regional team is coming to this. >> Good. >> I appreciate y'all's help. >> What do you mean? >> I heard whenever I heard it come out that somebody was screaming. That wasn't the one that was in the car. No, I think they were. >> They already dead. >> Male or female? Did you feel male? >> I was I know the officer involved that was hit. >> Okay. >> I'm just trying to check on him. >> Okay. He's all right. >> He's all right. >> Huh? >> So, I don't need to like >> No, he's he's okay right now, but you can't go down there. Okay. >> Okay. >> All right. >> The arrival of additional units reinforced that shift. The highway became a controlled judicial space where every action had to be logged. Officers coordinated detours, secured perimeters, and relayed updates up the chain of command. What was not yet clear that morning, but would prove decisive later, was the trooper's prognosis. Though he remained conscious, his injuries would evolve into permanent disabilities that ended his career and drastically altered his family's life. I appreciate your help, I'm glad you're okay, buddy. >> Yeah, me too. Thanks. Um, nobody ever give me money ever again, >> right? That is what just you wait and see. >> There wasn't Who was this? >> Uh, I can't remember. Guys, the guy in the truck is from Lutherland. Um, at least that's what he said. Uh, the other guys from New Mexico. I've got his info. >> Um, >> another 24 hours. I had I had a triple yesterday in Terry County. >> Terry County had one. Yoga County had one. >> Got killed. >> Yeah. The roll over and there's one in Rome on 400. >> That fourth person going to make it deal. He's critical but stable. So if he makes it, he's he's going to have permanent damage. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. yesterday on the back. There you go. Dude, 2023 needs to start over. No, you see the car from here. You can't tell. I didn't hear what he said happened. >> He had the car stopped. His truck came across and hit the car. The car hit him. >> So, he was stopped where his truck was coming. >> Yeah. >> Really? He said he saw over the >> Yeah, he said he saw him coming, but he thought it was textile. >> Then he said he reached down to get the warning to cut the warning and when he looked back up, he realized the front of the car >> and still him. >> That's how hard it hit though. This is third party impact here and it still smashed the car. >> So what about a guy driving the truck? He was laying out on the ground when I got here. >> They said drunk or something and the roads weren't bad >> high. He's not Well, they said he's he's high, I think. So he said the car blew immediately, but when it came out on the radio, Paul said whoever's calling it in thinks it's a trooper and they're screaming. I was like, and then when you called and said no, the vehicle is fully engulfed. Said the driver, the truck's from land. So you thought you would have knit right there. Did you use your fire extinguisher or anything? >> I don't have a fire extinguisher. >> You got plenty of dogs. >> Oh, yeah. Every car should have one. We had a lot. Both those are cautious. He said he dumped both. Trying to get the guy out. Get the door open. >> Uh, that dash was completely over him. >> Was it spraying under the hood? So, there was just a initially there was just a small fire underneath the hood right there. We're throwing dirt on it and stuff. The dude was already dead, but uh then the back seat caught on fire and started coming through and that's whenever it just the case quickly expanded on two fronts, criminal liability and civil litigation. The family of Robert Allen Bogs, the civilian killed instantly, began mourning under the weight of ongoing court proceedings. While at the same time, the Hawkley County Justice System faced the challenge of prosecuting a crime that combined premeditated violence with corporate responsibility. The accused was identified as Arley Sha Jordan, age 33 of Levant, who remains in custody awaiting trial. He faces charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felonies in Texas that could result in decades behind bars. In parallel, a federal civil lawsuit filed by the victim's family sought to determine the extent of liability of the truck rental company. The case starkly demonstrated how a routine traffic stop can turn into a premeditated act of vehicular violence with consequences that ripple through the courts, the community, and the lives of those left behind.