A Southside funeral home is working to educate the public on the traffic rules for funeral processions following the death of a Corpus Christi Police Senior Officer.
On May 21, CCPD Senior Officer Vicente Ortiz was escorting a funeral procession when police said a 34-year-old woman cut through the funeral procession and struck Ortiz’ funeral.
Ortiz sustained life-threatening injuries and died ten days later.
The Sinton native was a 15-year veteran of the department and provided funeral escorts while off-duty. During that time, he escorted several funeral processions from Maxwell P. Dunne Funeral Home.
Corpus Christi Police DepartmentAccording to Maxwell P. Dunne Funeral Home Managing Director Glenn Duhon, hours before Ortiz was hit he led a procession from that funeral home. Later that afternoon, he was providing escort for a second funeral.