Angelique Nevaeh Tenorio, 17, hit, dragged, and killed by allegedly intoxicated driver that fled the scene at Pike Street and Coconino Road in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque police: 1 dead after being hit, dragged by car
The Albuquerque Police Department Motors Unit reported to Pike Street and Coconino Road SE around 3:31 a.m. for a reported crash.
Albuquerque police investigate two fatal crashes overnight By KOB
“Alcohol is a factor in this case and the offender was booked into the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center,” said Chase Jewell, APD spokesman.
Two fatalities in separate crashes overnight in ABQ
The investigation into the incident determined a house party was breaking up and a woman was walking in the roadway toward her vehicle when an “unrelated red Ford Mustang drove east on Coconino with its hood up and struck the female pedestrian and proceeded to drag her for about 400 feet,” Jewell said.
Police report 2 fatal crashes overnight
A suspect is in custody following the second fatal crash, which happened near the intersection of Pike Street and Coconino Road SE.
Mother grieves loss of teenage daughter killed in hit-and-run
Asher Frank, 17, is charged with vehicular homicide and aggravated DWI in connection with her death.
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