One Injured and Another Arrested after Lubbock Car Accident at East 24th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard

Lubbock, Texas (April 28, 2018) – One person was injured and another arrested after a two-vehicle collision in East Lubbock on Thursday night, according to Lubbock Police Department.
The crash took place just before 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, in the 1700 block of East 24th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Police said the driver of a passenger vehicle was traveling on East 24th Street when the vehicle collided with a pickup truck, driven northbound on Martin Luther King Boulevard by Juan Tanguma, 33.
The driver of the passenger vehicle was taken to Covenant Medical Center with critical injuries.
Police said Tanguma tried to flee the scene of the crash but was captured by a witness.
Tanguma was arrested for suspected DWI.
The Lubbock Police Department is investigating the crash.
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