MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A funeral procession was held for Miccosukee Police Officer Horacio Dominguez, who was killed in a car crash last weekend.
The service took place Saturday at Riccardo Silva Stadium on the campus of Florida International University in West Miami-Dade County.
Family, friends and fellow officers attended the ceremony to say their final goodbyes.
Dominguez was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Army National Guard before becoming an officer with the Miccosukee Police Department.
He was killed in a single-car crash in Collier County last Sunday.
Authorities said he was driving west on Alligator Ally when his vehicle suffered a tire blowout, causing his car to flip several times.
Dominguez was ejected from his vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
He was 43 years old and leaves behind a wife and young daughter.
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