One person is dead and three others were injured following a crash late Friday night near the intersection of the Marsha Sharp Freeway and Interstate 27, according to the Lubbock Police Department’s Major Crash Investigation Unit.
Officers responded to the scene around 11:43 p.m. on August 22 after receiving reports of a collision involving a passenger car and a semi-truck.
When first responders arrived, they located David Ramirez, 36, in the passenger car with serious injuries. He was transported by EMS to University Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
The driver of the car, Devin Ramirez, 33, suffered moderate injuries. Two other passengers in the vehicle also sustained injuries—one moderate and one minor. Police said the three survivors did not require hospitalization.
Investigators determined the crash occurred when Ramirez’s vehicle was traveling westbound in the 500 block of Marsha Sharp Freeway Access Road and collided with a semi-truck traveling southbound on the I-27 South Access Road. After impact, the passenger car struck a light pole.
The semi-truck driver was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation by Lubbock Police.
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