Teen driver killed in crash with commercial truck on U.S. Highway 54 near Tularosa, New Mexico
Fatal Crash in Otero County
The initial investigation indicates that a four door Mercedes passenger vehicle driven by a 15-year-old juvenile male from Carrizozo, NM was traveling south on U.S. 54 when for unknown reasons the vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with a north bound Volvo CMV driven by a 53-year-old Texas man.
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