Canaan Bower, 18, dies after crashing motorcycle into turning car on South Triviz Drive in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Motorcycle Fatality on South Triviz
On March 9, 2022, at approximately 8:30pm, Las Cruces Police Department Officers responded to a motor vehicle crash in the 2000 block of South Triviz.
Man who helped thwart attempted kidnapping killed in crash
Bower was a 16-year-old high school wrestler when he body-slammed a man who allegedly punched a woman at a bus stop and demanded she turn over her three children to him.
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