Jeremy Chavez among Three Injured in Crash with Lufkin Police Car on Timberland Drive

Three Injured in Lufkin Chain-Reaction Crash on Timberland Drive

Lufkin, Texas (January 25, 2018)  – A Lufkin Police Department officer was among three people injured in a chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles on Tuesday afternoon.
The rear-end collision took place at the intersection of Timberland Drive and Paul Avenue on Tuesday, January 23.
Police said a 2016 LPD-marked patrol car driven by officer Jeremy Chavoz, 36, of Lufkin and a 1984 Chevrolet pickup driven by Badillo Gamboa, 74, of Lufkin, were both stopped for a traffic light facing north on Timberland Drive.
A 2001 Toyota pickup driven by Martin Ramirez, 72, of Lufkin was also stopped behind the two vehicles when the driver of a 2018 Kia, failed to stop in time and crashed into the back of the Toyota and caused a chain-reaction crash.
Chavoz, Ramirez, and Gamboa were all taken to CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Hospital in Lufkin with unknown injuries.
The driver of the Kia, Carmen Carrell, 80, of Lufkin, was unhurt.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
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