{"id":119692,"date":"2026-01-12T06:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/119692\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T06:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:56:12","slug":"lubbock-marks-6th-anniversary-of-crash-that-killed-two-first-responders-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/119692\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock marks 6th anniversary of crash that killed two first responders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Saturday marked the sixth anniversary of a crash that killed two first responders and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2025\/10\/05\/reminding-drivers-move-over-slow-down-5-5-5-rally\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2025\/10\/05\/reminding-drivers-move-over-slow-down-5-5-5-rally\/\">prompted safety improvements across the nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officer Nicholas Reyna and Fire Lieutenant Eric Hill died Jan. 11, 2020, when they were struck by a passing vehicle while responding to a crash along the north interstate. The morning was cold and icy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Lubbock Firefighter Matt Dawson was severely injured in the crash but recovered. Dawson died...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768200972_205_DT4NMJYX4BASFD66WNFZNDJNYA.JPG\" width=\"980\" height=\"704\" \/>Lubbock Firefighter Matt Dawson was severely injured in the crash but recovered. Dawson died in late 2023.(Lubbock Fire Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Firefighter Matt Dawson was severely injured in the crash but recovered. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2023\/11\/26\/family-announces-death-former-lubbock-firefighter-matt-dawson\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2023\/11\/26\/family-announces-death-former-lubbock-firefighter-matt-dawson\/\">Dawson died in late 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The crash led to numerous safety improvements for crash response in Lubbock and nationally, including crash notification in vehicle technology, helmets and roadway blocking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The names of Hill, Reyna and Lubbock County SWAT Commander Joshua Bartlett were added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/video\/2025\/05\/09\/honoring-fallen-first-responders-lubbock-regional-public-safety-memorial\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/video\/2025\/05\/09\/honoring-fallen-first-responders-lubbock-regional-public-safety-memorial\/\">Lubbock Regional Public Safety Memorial<\/a> in 2021. The memorial is located at 66th and Quaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Saturday marked the sixth anniversary of a crash that killed two first responders and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-119692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}