HCSO Sergeant dead after motorcycle crash in Pearland article PEARLAND, Texas - A Harris County Sheriff’s Office sergeant died in a crash as he drove home after finishing an off-duty job leading a funeral procession. HCSO Sergeant Bruce Watson, 51, died after a two-vehicle crash took place around 1:30 p.m on Saturday, Jan. 2 in Pearland. Officers arrived at the scene and learned that an SUV had collided with a Harris County Sheriff Deputy who was in uniform and riding a Harris County Sheriff's Office marked motorcycle. Watson had just completed an off-duty assignment, leading a funeral motorcycle-escort and was on his way home when he was involved in a collision at the intersection of Shadow Creek Parkway and Kingsley Drive.