3 injured in wrong-way, head-on collision on Highway 84
LUBBOCK COUNTY, TX (KCBD) - At least three people were injured after a driver was traveling the wrong way on Highway 84 causing a head-on collision.
It happened around 3:50 a.m. Friday.
DPS officials say a silver Chevy Equinox traveling east in the westbound lane of US 84 and a Chevy Trailblazer traveling west on US 84 collided. The Equinox went into the center median and rolled. Both vehicles came to rest in the westbound lanes of US 84.
The driver of the Equinox, Zachary Buckmeier, 21 of Slaton, was transported to UMC with non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the Trailblazer, 30-year-old Christopher Muldrow, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was transported to UMC with a life threatening injury and a passenger with Muldrow, Tracy Bowie was also transported to UMC unknown injury.
Alcohol is being investigated as a possible factor. Buckmeier's blood result is pending and crash is still under investigation. Charges are pending.
The crash shut down the northbound lanes on Highway 84 for more than two hours.
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