Baltazar Mercure, 51, dies after his car hits guardrail and debris on State Route 68 in Velarde, New Mexico
Los Ojos man, 51, killed in single-vehicle crash in Velarde
New Mexico State Police said in a news release Friday officers arrived around 10 a.m. June 16 and discovered Baltazar Mercure, 51, who was driving south in a 2015 Kia, had struck a guardrail, crossed into the opposite lane and crashed into the pile of debris.
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