1 arrested after pursuit ends with crash

Christopher Lee Rodriquez, 46(Lubbock Co. Detention Center)
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 7:04 AM CST

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - One man has been arrested after a police chase that ended in a crash in East Lubbock early-Friday morning.

The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office reports 46-year-old Christopher Lee Rodriguez has been arrested.

Deputies tried to pull him over near 50th Street and Interstate 27 around 3 a.m. Friday, according to the sheriff’s office. Rodriguez made it to East Cornell and Martin Luther King Boulevard, then hit another vehicle.

46-year-old Christopher Lee Rodriguez was arrested after leading sheriff's deputies on a chase.(Michael Cantu KCBD)

Neither the driver in the other vehicle or Rodriguez were injured in the crash.

Rodriguez has since been taken to the Lubbock County Detention Center. He will be charged with evading arrest and unlawfully carrying a weapon.

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