A train, two motorbikes, an SUV, and a pickup truck were involved in a chain reaction of multi-vehicle accidents that occurred early on Thursday morning in south Lubbock County. At least two individuals were killed and another was injured as a result of these accidents.
At approximately 5:18 a.m. on Thursday, there were five vehicles involved in the collisions that were reported on United States Highway 84 approximately a third of a mile east of Southeast Drive. This information was provided in a statement released by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
An investigation has led investigators to suspect that a motorcycle manufactured by Harley Davidson in 1996 was going east on United States Route 84 when, for reasons that are not known, the vehicle left the roadway and entered the center median, causing it to collide with the cable barrier.
Following its collision with the barrier, the motorcycle came to a stop in the westbound lanes of traffic. A motorcycle was involved in a collision with a Chevrolet SUV from 2016 that was traveling westbound on U.S. 84. After entering the north-barrow ditch and going into a side skid, the SUV came to a stop close to the railroad track. Along the way, it abandoned the roadway and into the ditch. The SUV was struck by a passing train, however the driver of the SUV was not hurt in the collision.
Following the return of the motorbike to the location where it had been involved in the initial collision, a 2020 Chevrolet pickup truck traveling westbound on U.S. 84 was approaching a 2016 Harley Davidson from behind.
There was a collision between the motorbike from 2016 and the pickup truck from 2020. The motorcycle joined the traffic from the shoulder, and it separated from the center median and the left lane of U.S. 84. The driver of the second motorcycle, Christopher Lucero, 37 years old, from Hale Center, was transported to University Medical Center, where he ultimately passed away on the way to the hospital. The Department of Public Safety stated that he was wearing a helmet at the time.
Jerry Crisp, 59 years old, was the first person to ride a motorbike, and he was immediately pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. It was not a helmet that he was wearing. The chauffeur of the 2020 pickup truck was taken to the hospital with relatively minor injuries.
In light of the fact that the inquiry is still underway, further variables that contributed to the crashes were not immediately known. Three different crash investigations are currently being conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, and these occurrences will be divided into those three investigations.
