Funeral arrangements are being made for a Department of Public Safety Trooper who died Saturday evening.
DPS Officials tell us Senior CVE Trooper Rex Akin died of a heart attack Saturday evening while in Terrell. Officials also tell us Trooper Akin's son is a DPS Trooper in Wood County.
The arrangements are being made for this coming Friday. Trooper Akin was 67 years old.
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