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.
Police say Huffhines did not appear to be wearing her seat belt and she struck the windshield and steering wheel, causing trauma to her head and neck. The airbags in her vehicle did not deploy. Police say medical testing performed at the hospital confirmed that Huffhines was intoxicated at the time of the crash.
Huffhines was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
The Galindo children were also taken to a local hospital to be checked out. Their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. The parents did not require medical treatment.