A man in Lubbock was arrested last week for striking and killing a pedestrian with his vehicle and failing to offer assistance or contact 9-1-1.
One Dead in Lubbock Car Accident
In August 2025, Lubbock Police Department’s Major Crash Investigation Unit investigated an overnight crash near the West Loop 289 access road. When officers arrived around 1:38 a.m., they found a man, 28-year-old Anthony Martinez, lying on the road with serious injuries.
Martinez was transported to University Medical Center with serious injuries, and was later pronounced deceased.
The driver, 27-year-old David Bowman, was arrested on May 1, 2026. According to Everything Lubbock, Bowman was called by a drunk friend to be the designated driver and take several people home that night…