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A man who was convicted of drunken driving in connection with a traffic crash that killed two teens has filed a lawsuit against his friend and two restaurants that allegedly served him alcohol. In March 2010, James Ruiz reportedly drove a truck at a high rate of speed into the back of a passenger…

A recent three-vehicle accident on Airport Road near Cerrillos Road in southwestern Santa Fe reportedly sent four people to the hospital in serious condition. According to Santa Fe Police Captain Aric Wheeler, the driver of an Acura sedan struck a pick-up traveling through the intersection during rush hour. The pick-up allegedly rolled and hit…

The Supreme Court of New Mexico has reversed a lower court’s holding that the New Mexico Department of Transportation (DOT) is immune as a matter of law from being sued for negligently failing to remedy a purportedly dangerous road condition. In Martinez v. N.M. Dep’t of Transp., the family of a couple who was…

A 58-year-old motorist was sentenced to six months in jail in connection with the death of a 19-year-old bicyclist more than two years ago in Laguna. Gilbert Waconda allegedly struck the bicyclist with his sport utility vehicle as he rode on New Mexico State Road 124 in June 2010. The deceased bicyclist was reportedly…

A Santa Fe judge has ruled that blood alcohol tests performed on a driver following a deadly traffic wreck may be admitted as evidence in a criminal case against him. 40-year-old David Gurule is accused of vehicular-homicide in connection with the deaths of two passengers riding in his sport utility vehicle in May 2010….

New Mexico State University basketball player Emery D. Coleman II was recently charged with third-degree felony homicide using a motor vehicle in connection with the January 2012 traffic death of 85-year-old Clarence G. Boulanger in Alamogordo. According to the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety (ADPS), Coleman was texting behind the wheel at the time…

A homeless man was recently killed after he was hit by two automobiles on St. Michael’s Drive in Santa Fe. 48-year-old Ernie Baca was allegedly wearing dark clothing and walking in one of the westbound lanes of the roadway when he was hit by a Subaru that was headed west around 8:30 pm. Immediately…

According to the nation’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 35 percent of Americans are currently considered obese. A study recently published in the Emergency Medicine Journal claims that obese drivers are more likely to be killed in a traffic collision than individuals with a normal body mass index (BMI). As part…

Three people died and two others were hurt in a recent head-on collision that involved a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40 near Grants. According to law enforcement authorities, the crash occurred after a big rig that was headed east unexpectedly crossed the median of the roadway near mile marker 95 and struck a westbound pick-up…

A Santa Fe elementary school teacher was recently killed in what began as a one-car accident on Interstate 25 near La Cienega. 54-year-old Dorothy Mullins was reportedly returning home from transporting school supplies, toys, and other items to Juárez, Mexico as part of a holiday collection campaign when she lost control of her vehicle….