4 hurt after ACU bus crashes in Lubbock following TTU game

Published: Sep 01, 2024 Duration: 00:01:14 Category: News & Politics

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MENDOZA. AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THAT FRIGHTENING BUS CRASH INVOLVING AFTER THE TECH FOOTBALL GAME INVOLVING THE OPPOSING TEAM. POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK THAT HIT THE BUS CARRYING THE ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM AS 19-YEAR-OLD PARKER YOUNG. POLICE TELLS US YOUNG WAS CHARGED WITH A DWI AND TAKEN TO THE LUBBOCK COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHERE YOUNG REMAINS TONIGHT. THIS HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE AROUND 11:45 LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY YOUNG WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON UNIVERSITY WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH THE BUS, FORCING THE BUS INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS IN THE LEFT TURN LANE ATTEMPTING TO HEAD NORTH. THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE HURT, ONE STUDENT ATHLETE, TWO COACHES, AND THE BUS DRIVER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES -- THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. ACU RELEASING THIS STATEMENT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING -- IN PART SAYING... "WE ARE GRATEFUL TO TEXAS TECH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR KIRBY HOCUTT, THEIR TEAM DOCTOR, DR. MICHAEL PHY, AND ALL OF THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THE

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