The Lubbock Police Department on Saturday released the names of the two men killed in a crash early Friday morning.
The accident occurred around 3:00 a.m. in the area of North Slide Road and Clovis Road.
The victims have been identified as Igbinedion Osaretin, 23 and Esosa Oyemwense, 21.
LPD said in a news release on Friday, the crash involved a semi-truck pulling two trailers and a passenger car.
Both Osaretin and Oyemwense were pronounced dead at the scene.
A moment of silence was held during the Texas Tech and Baylor basketball game Saturday for both men.
Both men were cousins of basketball player Norense Odiase, a Texas Tech Athletics source told KAMC’s Red Raider Nation.
Heartbreaking News for Tech Basketball: Norense Odiase had two cousins pass in a car accident in Lubbock early Friday morning. He will play and there will be an announcement before today’s game @KAMCNews— Baillie Burmaster (@bayburmTV) February 16, 2019