Jimmy Lopez ID’d as Man Killed in Lubbock Crash on Parkway Drive

Lubbock, Texas (May 17, 2022) – Authorities have identified the man who died early Monday morning following a wrong-way crash in Lubbock as Jimmy Lopez, 29.

At around 12:10 a.m. Monday, May 16, officers responded to reports of a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes on Marsha Sharp Freeway near Upland Avenue, Lubbock Police Department said.

An off-duty officer saw the vehicle and turned on his lights and sirens to try to get the attention of the wrong-way driver, now identified as Lopez.

The officer notified dispatch at around 12:14 a.m. and exited at West Loop 289 and re-entered Marsha Sharp Freeway in the eastbound lanes of traffic to try to pull the vehicle, but Lopez continued to drive eastbound.

At about 12:21 a.m. Lopez’s vehicle collided with an SUV that was traveling westbound in the 100 block of Parkway Drive, near Joyland.

Lopez, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the SUV, Valce Parks III, 34, and one of his passengers, an 8-year-old boy, were transported to a hospital with major injuries.

Jawanna Washington, 31, who was in the front passenger of the SUV, had minor injuries and was transported to a hospital.  Two children in the back seat, a 14-year-old female and a 7-year-old female, were taken to the hospital with moderate injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.

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