Basic Facts
Crash date: March 28, 2026
Crash location: Farm to Market 1585 just east of the Avenue P intersection in Lubbock, Texas
People involved:
- Leo Schneider, 72 (Nissan Armada driver)
- Chase Stevenson, 21 (Dodge Ram driver)
- Unidentified Ram passengers
- Unidentified man, 28 (Ford Mustang driver)
Do authorities suspect alcohol played a role in this crash? yes
Did authorities recommend criminal charges? yes
Do authorities suspect a product defect caused the crash? unknown
Accident Report
March 28, 2026, Leo Schneider lost his life and six others were hurt in an alleged drunk driver accident just before 10:00 p.m. on F.M. 1585.
According to authorities, 21-year-old Chase Stevenson and five others were traveling in an eastbound Dodge Ram pickup truck on F.M. 1585 in the vicinity east of the Avenue P intersection when the accident took place. Officials indicate that an eastbound Ford Mustang occupied by a 28-year-old man rear-ended the Ram. The impact apparently pushed the Ram into the oncoming lane of the roadway. There, it was involved in a head-on collision with a westbound Nissan Armada occupied by 72-year-old Leo Schneider.
Schneider reportedly sustained critical injuries as a result of the wreck. Stevenson and all five of the passengers from the pickup suffered moderate injuries, as well, according to reports. They were all transported to local medical facilities by EMS in order to receive necessary treatment. However, Schneider was ultimately unable to overcome the severity of his injuries, having later been declared deceased.
The man who had been driving the Mustang had purportedly been intoxicated at the time of the wreck. Reports state that he was taken into custody and authorities have recommended Intoxication Manslaughter charges against him.
Additional details pertaining to this incident are not available at this point in time. The investigation is currently ongoing.
How Did This Accident Occur?
From preliminary reports, it’s clear that authorities suspect the driver of the Mustang was intoxicated at the time of the wreck, and that was ultimately what caused it. However, I’ve analyzed hundreds of car accidents over the years; as such, I have an additional question that perhaps most people would not consider. What I would like to know is if the Mustang driver was intoxicated with alcohol. You might wonder why on earth it would matter what the intoxicant was. Allow me to explain.
If the intoxicant was alcohol, that means that the driver had been drinking somewhere. If it was at a private residence, then that’s one thing. However, if it was at an establishment that serves alcohol—like a restaurant or a bar—then that is a wholly different matter. What if he was overserved? It’s one thing to choose to get behind the wheel when one is intoxicated. It is another thing to choose to continue to serve a person drinks after they are already obviously intoxicated. Both choices were made before the accident happened, and both choices are directly connected to the wreck.
Leave me a comment below letting me know if you have ever heard of Dram Shop Law before. It’s a tool that Texas has in place that can be used in order to hold everyone who had a hand in a drunk driving accident accountable, regardless of the whether or not they were physically at the scene of the wreck. I can tell you from experience that the injured victims and families of people who were killed in drunk driving wrecks always care about two things on their road to closure: answers, and accountability.
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