On Wednesday, July 1st, an accident in the Lubbock area of Texas left five people injured. A press release by the Lubbock Police Department named Monique Ross, 19, as the driver who started the chain of events that led to the collision.
The car accident report showed that just before 11 p.m., officers responded to the crash site in the 200-block of Marsha Sharp Freeway Westbound Access Road. Their preliminary investigation uncovered that Ross drove an Infiniti G35 westbound on the roadway, with four passengers.
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At the same time, a truck tractor with a trailer attached parked on the road facing west. The vehicle was disabled, and the driver was outside on the roadway when the teenager’s Infiniti rear-ended the trailer. Ross and three of her passengers suffered undisclosed injuries, while one person sustained severe wounds.
The medics conveyed the five of them to the University Medical Center for treatment. There’s no information on whether or not the truck tractor driver suffered injuries. The LPD Major Crash Investigation Unit is heading the inquiry to determine the cause of the accident.
According to the America Center for Disease Control, motor vehicle crashes are among the leading causes of teenagers’ death in the United States. Male teens are more likely to have an accident than female teens, but both gender crash for similar reasons. The latter include lack of experience, intoxicated driving especially at night and during weekends, speeding, and distracted driving.
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