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Two men died when their single-engine plane crashed near Raton on a coyote hunting mission for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services program. Pilot Kelly Hobbs and wildlife specialist Shannon "Bubba" Tunnell died. GPS data shows the plane came in low so Tunnell could shoot a coyote. The staff on the ground heard gunshots and then he heard the plane hit the ground. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
A 23-year-old Oklahoma man is dead after a vehicle he was in swerved to avoid hitting a dog east of Springer, NM, according to the New Mexico State Police.
A State Police spokesman said the vehicle, which was carrying four people, rolled over through a steel pipe and cable fence before coming to a stop on its wheels, killing 23-year-old David Michael Hamilton of Newcastle, Okla. David Hamilton was not wearing his seat belt, and State Police say he was ejected from the car.