DPS corporal receives Purple Heart for heroism in Reagan County

DPS corporal receives Purple Heart for heroism in Reagan County

Cpl. Scott Keane of the Texas Highway Patrol was awarded the Purple Heart after being injured by an airbag inflator tube while assisting the North Reagan County Volunteer Fire Department on Nov. 7, 2024.

Big Lake Officer Awarded DPS Purple Heart

AUSTIN, TX — A Texas Highway Patrol officer from Big Lake was awarded the Department of Public Safety Purple Heart recently after he was injured assisting during a crash last year. On Nov. 7, 2024, Corporal Scott Keane was helping the North Reagan County Volunteer Fire Department extricate someone who was trapped in a vehicle after a crash.  As Keane held the hydraulic lines of the jaws of life, enabling a firefighter to shear off the roof to re…