Nicholas Lee Reyna
Police Officer

Nicholas Lee Reyna

Lubbock Police Department — Lubbock, TX
Accident
End of Watch January 11, 2020
Age 27
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
The Vigil Panel 170 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Nicholas Reyna and Lieutenant Eric Hill, of the Lubbock Fire Department, were struck and killed by a vehicle while at the scene of a previous crash on I-27 near Drew Street.

Officers and rescue personnel were at the scene of an earlier single-vehicle rollover crash on the interstate when a second vehicle also crossed the median. As officers then dealt with the second crash a third vehicle left the travel lanes and struck Officer Reyna, Lieutenant Hill, and a second firefighter. Officer Reyna and Lieutenant Hill both suffered fatal injuries and the second firefighter was critically injured.

Officer Reyna had served with the Lubbock Police Department for one year.

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August 2, 2026

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You barely got started.
Police Officer Reyna gave the Lubbock Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Lubbock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Reyna.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Other
Location Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX
Platform Identity lpd.lubbock.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 11, 2020
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Nicholas Lee Reyna is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,422 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Lubbock Police Department, 3 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.5% of this agency's fallen.

Lubbock Police Department
3
of 8 officers
37.5% Accident
TX — Statewide
657
of 2,422 officers
27.1% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Nicholas Lee Reyna's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Nicholas Lee Reyna Compares

Age at Death
27
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
1
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Nicholas Lee Reyna is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location