29 Oct Woman seriously hurt in Monday night fall from semi-truck cab in east Lubbock has died

A 40-year-old woman who was seriously injured Monday night after falling from a semi-truck cab in east Lubbock died early Thursday at University Medical Center, Lubbock police said.

Police identified her as Rosalinda Gonzalez. She was hurt Oct. 26 in the 1300 block of East Rice Street. Officers were sent there at 9:07 p.m. to a report of a pedestrian injured in a crash with a semi-truck cab, and emergency medical crews took Gonzalez to the hospital. Police released her name the next morning. She died about three days later.

The department’s Major Crash Unit has taken the case. Based on the early findings, police said, Gonzalez appears to have been hanging on to the outside of the truck’s cab as it headed south on North Oak Avenue at about 9 p.m. The driver was identified as Lloyd King, 35. Gonzalez fell as the truck made a westbound turn onto East Rice Street, police said.

Police have not said why Gonzalez was on the outside of the vehicle, and they have not confirmed any arrests. Other details about what happened have not been released, and the investigation is continuing.