The Lubbock Police Department reported Saturday morning a man has been arrested in connection to a deadly hit-and-run accident in North Lubbock Friday evening.
Raul Tress Garibay III, 33, of Lubbock, turned himself into Lubbock Police Saturday morning.
Garibay is charged with failure to stop and render aid causing death, a second degree felony.
Lubbock Police officers responded to an accident with injuries on North Loop 289 near Landmark Lane around 8:00 p.m. Friday.
“A motorist who ran out of gas was parked on the westbound lane of the shoulder of north Loop 289. A pickup truck crashed into the of the parked vehicle. The pickup driver got out of his vehicle to check on the stranded motorist,” said Tiffany Pelt, with Lubbock Police.
The driver of the pickup called his father, police said, and his father arrived to the scene.
Another driver passing by stopped to check on everyone, according to LPD.
“The pickup driver, his father and the motorist who stopped were all standing on the shoulder of the loop when a van hit all three people,” Pelt said.
Police identified the deceased motorist who stopped at the scene as Stephen Conway.
“The pickup driver was uninjured, but his father was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. His injuries are believed to be non-life threatening,” police said.
Police said the driver of the van took off on foot.
