TX Ambulance in Fatal Multi-Vehicle Accident

A man and his 2-year-old daughter are dead after a crash in Lamb County involving a semi-tractor and trailer, an ambulance and a four-door passenger vehicle.

According to the Littlefield Police Department, the father died at the scene, his daughter died at a Lubbock hospital and his wife is at a Lubbock hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Littlefield police responded to the intersection of Westbound U.S. Highway 84 and Loop 430 at 4:52 p.m. Tuesday to a three-vehicle crash involving the ambulance, a semi-tractor and trailer and a four-door passenger vehicle.

Witnesses at the scene told police the passenger vehicle, a Honda Accord, ran a stop sign as it crossed the intersection from Highway 84 when it was struck by the semi that was traveling westbound. The driver of the semi tried to miss the Accord and hit the EMS vehicle as the ambulance attempted to pass the semi in the left lane.

The vehicles came to rest in the median.

The driver of the Honda was pronounced dead at the scene and his was transported via Aerocare to Covenant Women's and Children's Hospital in Lubbock where she later died. The wife was transported to University Medical Center by Littlefield EMS with life-threatening injuries. Their names have not been released.

The Bailey County EMS crew was transported to Lamb Healthcare Center by Sudan EMS with light to moderate injuries.

Other agencies assisting included Amherst EMS, Littlefield Fire and Rescue, Texas Department of Public Safety.

The investigation is still ongoing.

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