An Oklahoma City police officer involved last week in a fatal crash was driving more than 20 mph over the speed limit at the time.

John Paull, a five-year police veteran, has been placed on paid administrative leave, and police investigators said they will forward details of the crash to the district attorney's office, police Capt. Patrick Stewart said this morning.

Raul Rios Becerra, 49, whose driver's license had been revoked, was dead at the scene of the collision about 5:30 a.m. Thursday. Paull was responding to a nonemergency grand larceny call and driving about 64 mph when Becerra, who was northbound, pulled away from a stop sign on Indiana and drove into the path of Paull's police car as Paull drove east on SW 29. Paull's car T-boned Becerra's car on the driver's side.

Police investigators said Paull hit the brakes and collided with Becerra's car at a speed between 56 mph and 59 mph. The speed limit on SW 29 is 35 mph.