A Vehicle Crash Sent Two People to the Hospital

Accident Investigators, along with the Lubbock Police Department, are investigating a crash that occurred on Sunday (Aug. 13) that sent two people to the hospital.

Around 1 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a crash in the 7000 block of University Avenue and Loop 289. Officers say 46 year-old Clinton Stephenson struck a light pole near the 6600 block of I-27. Stephenson continued to drive with two flat tires on the Loop 289 westbound frontage road. As Stephenson approached the intersection he traveled through the median and struck a pickup driven by 27 year-old Timothy Stephens.

Both Stephenson and Stephens were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

LPD is still investigating the crash.