NEW: Drunk driver who hit and injured Fort Worth officer sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Wilson Guevara Mejia, a 27-year-old man, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to intoxication assault. In February 2023, while driving with a 0.213% BAC (after consuming eight beers and a tequila shot), he struck and seriously injured Fort Worth police officer J. Rivera, who was assisting a stalled truck on Loop 820.

Rivera suffered a traumatic brain injury, fractured pelvis, and other severe injuries after falling 25 feet but returned to duty two and a half years later.

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