Puerto Rico Police Agent drowned during Hurricane Maria
Agent Héctor Matías-Torres and Agent Ángel Lorenzo-González drowned when their vehicles were caught in floodwaters during Hurricane Maria.
Both officers were completing a 24-hour shift, at approximately 6:00 am, as part of the hurricane response and rescue efforts. They were attempting to get back to the police station when their vehicles were caught in high water and washed into the Culebrinas River, in Aguada, as they drove along PR-115. Their bodies were recovered the following day.
Agent Matías-Torres had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 22 years.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Superintendent Michelle Hernandez de Frayley
Puerto Rico Police Department
PO Box 70166
San Juan, PR 00936
Phone: (787) 792-1234
