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Abilene woman, Wilson man killed in Lubbock County head-on collision

Both drivers in the two-vehicle crash died at the scene.
Credit: TEGNA

LUBBOCK COUNTY, Texas — The drivers of a pickup truck and a sedan were killed in a head-on collision late Saturday in Lubbock County.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a preliminary crash report that Christina Elaine Castro, 33, of Abilene, was driving a pickup truck northbound on US Hwy 87 in the south travel lanes. A passenger car, driven by Marcos Noyola Castanon, 23, of Wilson, was traveling south on US 87 southbound.

The two vehicles collided head-on at the crest of the FM 1585 overpass. DPS said both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. 

The report states Castro was not wearing a seat belt. 

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