Joseph Guttuso, 40, Marnie Guttuso, 38, Morgan Earle Cole, 40, Hyon Suk Head, 54, Larissa Wallace, 43, and Wyatt Wallace, 9, killed in multi-vehicle crash in dust storm on May 22 in New Mexico.

Modified Date: 
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 10:27am
Accident Date: 
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Arizonans killed in fiery New Mexico crash identified

New Mexico State Police say the eight-vehicle crash on May 22 involved at least three tractor-trailers and three passenger cars in Hidalgo County, several miles from the Arizona border.

Authorities have released the identities of six Arizonans killed last month in fiery multi-vehicle crash along Interstate 10 in southwestern New Mexico.

They say the name of the seventh person who died still hasn't been confirmed.

New Mexico State Police say the eight-vehicle crash on May 22 involved at least three tractor-trailers and three passenger cars in Hidalgo County, several miles from the Arizona border.

A sudden dust storm likely triggered the chain-reaction collisions.

Police say 54-year-old Hyon Suk Head of Tucson was killed in one of the cars while 43-year-old Larissa Wallace and 9-year-old Wyatt Wallace -- both of Circle City -- both died in a minivan.

Three Tucson residents in a car also were killed -- 40-year-old Joseph Guttuso, 38-year-old Marnie Guttuso and 40-year-old Morgan Earle Cole.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Hyon Suk Head
Larissa Wallace
Wyatt Wallace
Joseph Guttuso
Marnie Guttuso
Morgan Earle Cole
Roadway: 
Interstate 10
City: 
Deming, NM

Comments

My son, Morgan, was the 7th person identified. The List above does not identify the husband of Larissa Wallace. Why did the Greyhound bus know to pull off the road, but not the other 6 vehicles? Why was it that the people in the semi-trucks survived?

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