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Two people died in a car crash early Sunday morning in Rio Rancho, police said.
The driver and passenger of a 2008 Toyota died from injuries suffered in the 1:54 a.m. crash near the intersection of Unser and Southern boulevards, police said. The intersection was closed for several hours.
A 2002 Infiniti hit the Toyota on Southern Boulevard and the Toyota then struck a light pole, police said.
The driver and passenger of the Infiniti suffered minor injuries.
The names of the victims were not released.
A three-vehicle crash sent a motorcyclist to the hospital with injuries Thursday.
Officers and paramedics are at the scene of the crash near Louisiana Boulevard and Constitution Avenue.
All traffic through the intersection has been closed except for one southbound lane. Drivers should expect delays as the crash is investigated and the scene is cleaned up.
A 7-year-old Portales boy died from injuries suffered Thursday afternoon in a one-vehicle rollover crash on N.M. 268 near Curry Road 23, according to the Curry County Undersheriff. Waller said Dakota Myers died at the scene about 4 p.m. He was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by his 19-year-old brother, Kenneth Myers Jr. Kenneth Myers and his sister, Destanee Myers, 4, also a passenger in the truck, were taken to Plains Regional Medical Center for treatment of undisclosed injuries. Waller said the driver told officers they were northbound on N.M.
Northbound Interstate 25 reopened in Santa Fe early Thursday following a three-vehicle collision that officials said was caused when a vehicle went the wrong way. According to officials, the accident occurred Wednesday evening near St. Francis Road.
A Tucumcari man died and a Flora Vista man was seriously injured in a head-on collision Wednesday morning on N.M. 209 north of Clovis, a Curry County Undersheriff said. Joe Cooper, 76, died around 10:30 a.m. at the scene of the crash near Curry County Road 21, Waller said. Cooper was driving a 1996 Cadillac sedan southbound on N.M. 209 when he crossed the center line and struck a 2014 Ford Focus driven by Wenceslado Ruis, 32, of Flora Vista, according to Waller.
Officers and paramedics are at the scene of a motorcycle crash near the intersection of Eighth Street and Bridge Boulevard.
The motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
Westbound traffic from Fourth Street to Eighth Street down was shut down Tuesday morning, but the lanes have reopened.
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.