10/14 DPS is remembering fallen Trooper Johnny Garcia today who was killed in the line of duty on this date in 1989. Trooper Garcia was killed in a car crash while responding to reports of a drunk driver near the Picacho interchange on I-10. While passing a vehicle on Highway-84 near Casa Grande, Garcia’s patrol vehicle struck loose gravel and rolled several times before hitting a car and a tree. Garcia had been with the agency for 3.5-years.
