Welcome to Lubbock, where the only thing moving slower than the traffic on Indiana Avenue is the paperwork for a fatal accident. Jordyn Dabelstein, a 22-year-old nursing student, was sitting at a red light at the Texas Tech Parkway—minding her own business and probably thinking about clinicals—when a truck decided that brakes were merely a suggestion and plowed right into her.
You’d think a fatal crash involving a student right on the edge of campus would warrant some transparency, but this is the land of “we’ll get to it eventually.” An off-duty Lubbock cop who witnessed the whole thing actually had to reach out to the family himself because, apparently, the official channels were too busy doing… whatever it is they do instead of filing reports. He saw the whole nightmare, tried to save her, and even he can’t find a shred of information on the news or from the department.
The investigation was handed off to the Texas Tech Police Department, a group usually known for their tireless dedication to handing out $50 parking tickets to kids who are two minutes late for Chem 101. But when it comes to explaining why a student was killed in broad daylight, they’ve suddenly become very shy. The family is left begging for answers while the University manages to squeeze out a “deepest condolences” statement that feels about as warm as a Panhandle wind chill in January.
At this rate, we’ll probably get a new H-E-B on the north side before anyone in this town bothers to tell a grieving family who actually killed their daughter.
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