A Kendall County Sheriff’s Deputy killed when he was struck by a passing vehicle on I-10 near Boerne, Texas Tuesday was a 2006 Burges High School grad, according to a local law enforcement source.

Deputy Carlos Ramirez was outside of his unit on I-10 responding to a traffic stop when he was struck and killed.

Ramirez’s partner was taken to the hospital, along with the driver who was stopped for the traffic violation, neither sustained serious injuries.

According to Kendall County Sheriff’s Deputies, Ramirez was a husband and father of two young children.

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