The wreck happened on North Timberland Drive in front of Insta-Cash Pawn.
Author: Giselle Chavez (CBS 19), Reagan Roy
Published: 1:06 AM CST February 25, 2021
Updated: 10:38 PM CST February 25, 2021
LUFKIN, Texas — One person is dead after a three-vehicle crash Wednesday night in Lufkin.
According to Lufkin police, at 8:45 p.m., officers responded to the accident on North Timberland Drive in front of Insta-Cash Pawn.
Officials say a Gabriel Galindo, 32, of Lufkin was driving a Cadillac Escalade with his 11, 9 and 7-year-old children in the vehicle. His wife, Maria Galindo, 32, was following behind in a Jeep Liberty.
As the vehicles sat in the turn lane, a Nissan Altima, driven by Ashley Huffhines, 34, of Lufkin, veered into the Cadillac head-on from the northbound lane. The impact pushed the Cadillac into the Jeep, causing damage.