Associated Press
LAMESA, Texas — Two prison guards and the driver of a second vehicle have died in a West Texas traffic accident that left another officer hurt.
Investigators are trying to determine what caused the collision near Lamesa after the Smith Unit guards ended their shift at the nearby prison.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Tuesday identified the correctional officers who died as Akinjobi G. Akinpelu and Olusegun Sangowale. Both were southbound on Highway 349.
A 19-year-old woman in a northbound vehicle was also killed in Monday morning’s wreck. Her name wasn’t immediately released.
Another Smith Unit guard, Akinola H. Fasae, was with his co-workers and suffered injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Fasae was transported to University Medical Center in Lubbock. Hospital officials didn’t immediately provide his condition Tuesday.