Overview

• Two Lubbock County deputies were outside their vehicles helping a stranded motorist when a semitruck struck the empty rear of a parked patrol unit on the Highway 87 and 98th Street overpass.
• The impact pinned both deputies against a guardrail and left one hanging over the edge, as seen in video shared by KCBD-TV.
• Good Samaritans from a nearby gas station rushed over with ladders and rope and helped pull a deputy to safety until additional first responders arrived.
• Both deputies and a civilian were taken to a hospital, and officials said all are expected to recover.
• Lubbock Police Department’s Major Crash Unit is conducting the investigation, and authorities have not announced whether the truck driver will face charges.