Overview

• Two Lubbock County deputies were pinned when a semi-truck struck a parked patrol vehicle near the Highway 87 and 98th Street overpass while they assisted a stranded motorist.
• One deputy was left hanging over the guardrail until people from a nearby gas station used ladders and a rope to pull him to safety, as seen in video shared by KCBD-TV.
• Both deputies and a civilian were hospitalized and have since been discharged, according to local reports.
• The Lubbock Police Department’s Major Crash Unit is investigating, and authorities have not announced any charges against the truck driver.
• Sheriff Kelly Rowe publicly thanked the rescuers, and he said the driver was attempting to connect a Bluetooth device before the crash, according to the Avalanche-Journal.