NOLAN COUNTY, Texas– A Lubbock woman lost her life in a crash northwest of of Roscoe on Tuesday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
According to DPS, Robin Williams Lawrence , 65, of Lubbock, was a passenger in a car driven by Lisa Whisenant Merxbauer, 66, of San Antonio, when they were hit by a truck tractor that was towing a flatbed trailer.
DPS said Merxbauer was driving near the intersection of Business 84 and US Highway 84 when she failed to yield the right-of-way to truck tractor.
Merxbauer and Robin were both pronounced dead on the scene, according to DPS. The driver of the tractor, Nelson Sierra DeJesus, of Sweetwater, was taken to a Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital with a “non-incapacitating injury.”
All individuals were wearing their seatbelts and DPS described the conditions as clear and dry.
