Houston Police Investigation Involving Officer Driving Drunk and Colliding With School Bus Under Scrutiny

Houston, Texas

One of HPD's top commanders admits that an investigation into how the crash report was handled wasn't launched until after KTRK-TV started asking questions.

In a previous story, we learned that Sergeant Ruben Trejo had a blood alcohol content of .176 and was driving to work when the crash occurred. It wasn’t until two weeks after, that he was charged with DWI. When police arrived on the scene, bus driver Teresa Argueta explained that the officer appeared to have been intoxicated and claimed she saw open containers in the sergeant's car.

She said, "I tried to take a picture and all the police officers pulled the rug inside. And I tried to take pictures and they said no, go over there." Instead of charging the officer, the bus driver was cited for failure to yield. Previous reports claim witnesses were told they would be arrested if they took photos of the open alcohol containers.

KTRK-TV is reporting internal affairs didn't start investigating the allegations until late last week when Argueta and Eyewitness News began asking questions.

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