LUBBOCK COUNTY, TX. (THECOUNT) — April Melendez, of Lubbock, Texas, has been identified as the victim in a Tuesday morning fatal vehicle crash in Lubbock County.
Melendez, 31, was killed in a two-vehicle crash in North Lubbock early Tuesday morning.
According to reports, Melendez was operating a vehicle on the 1500 block of East Municipal Drive near North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Lubbock, when the vehicle came into contact with a pickup truck operated by 34-year-old Juan Lucio around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Melendez was transported to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.
The truck had a total of four people inside, none of whom were injured.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Lubbock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 278,831. Its county seat is Lubbock. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1891. It is named for Thomas Saltus Lubbock, a Confederate colonel and Texas Ranger – Wikipedia.
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