The Lubbock Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that occurred at 19th Street and Kewanee Avenue around 1:58 a.m. this morning.
Through the initial investigation it appears 24-year-old Maxwell Ezell was driving a Chevy Camaro westbound in in the 6200 block 19th Street when he struck the back of a Mazda traveling west in front of him.
The Mazda came a stop in the 6300 block of 19th Street. The Camaro continued to traveling and struck the back of a Ford pickup truck stopped at the northbound stop sign of 1900 Kewanee.
The driver of the Mazda, a 55-year-old woman, was taken by ambulance to UMC. She was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.
During the course of the investigation Ezell was arrested, and he is now charged with Intoxication Manslaughter.
No other injuries were reported.
Officers with the Accident Investigation Division will continue looking into the details of this case.
(News release from the Lubbock Police Department)
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