Police identify victim in fatal Wednesday crash near Clovis Road, Loop 289

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Lubbock Police Department is investigating a two-vehicle crash that left one person dead in the 3500 block of Clovis Highway Wednesday morning. Police say a pickup truck was driving on the wrong side of the road when the crash happened.

The crash was about a quarter mile west of the Clovis-Loop 289 intersection. East-bound lanes coming into Lubbock were blocked off for a few hours but the scene has since been cleared.

Police say just after 6 a.m., patrol officers were called to the head-on collision.

The preliminary investigation indicates a 2006 Ford F-150 was traveling eastbound in the 3500 block of Clovis Hwy. and a 2017 Chevy Pickup was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes and the two vehicles collided head-on.

The driver of the F-150, Jason Workman, 31, died at the scene. The driver of the Chevy suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Covenant Medical Center by EMS.

The identity of the driver of the Chevy has not been released at this time.

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