Accident Investigators are Temporarily Shutting Down the Intersection of 82nd Street and Avenue U
Lubbock Police Department Accident Investigators will be temporarily shutting down the intersection of 82nd Street and Avenue U on Tuesday, April 3rd to investigate the March 22nd crash involving an LPD officer and a woman.
The closure will begin around 9 a.m. and wrap-up around 12 noon.
The crash reportedly occurred around 7:45 p.m. on March 22nd. The LPD officer was traveling westbound on 82nd Street, nearing the intersection of Avenue U. That's when 57-year-old Patricia Marlene Holt attempted to turn left onto Avenue U, colliding with the police cruiser.
The officer was taken to a local hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries, and was later released. Holt was not injured in the crash, but was arrested at the scene for DWI.