One Person Hospitalized After Slide Road Accident - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

One person is hospitalized this morning following an accident in west Lubbock. Police say the driver of the car was traveling north on slide road around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.

When he reached 26th street he lost control of the car and hit a metal pole. He then continued to drive and struck a wooden pole.

EMS took the man to hospital with moderate injuries. LP&L was later called to scene to fix the light poles.

About an hour later at the same intersection, a woman ran into a cop car as he was directing traffic after after the first accident.

There were no reports of injuries, but the driver was arrested for driving under the influence.

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