Tanya Marie Jones, 55, dead and Maxwell Ezell, 24, charged in two-vehicle crash on 19th Street and Kewanee Avenue in Lubbock, Texas

Modified Date: 
Wed, 10/25/2017 - 9:05pm
Accident Date: 
Sunday, March 12, 2017

BREAKING: One dead following 2 vehicle crash at 19th & Kewanee

One person is dead following a crash this morning on 19th street. LPD tells KCBD that the roads around the crash were still closed as of 7:00 a.m. and officers were still on scene investigating. The crash happened at 1:57 a.m. on 19th Street and Kewanee Avenue.  

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During the course of the investigation Ezell was arrested, and he is now charged with Intoxication Manslaughter.

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Jones was an Uber Driver and Texas Tech student who contributed as a columnist to The Daily Toreador, Amy Cunningham, the student publication’s editor-in-chief, confirmed in an email to A-J Media.

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"It is absolutely heartbreaking to see the families, lives that are affected and what they have to go through," M.A.D.D. Victims Services Specialist Amanda Eldredge said.

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Ezell is out of jail on $75,000 bond after having his vehicle fitted with a breathalyzer device by Lubbock County Pre-Trial Services.     

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Maxwell Ezell
Tanya Marie Jones

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