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General Motors has issued a safety recall for nearly 200,000 model year 2005 through 2007 sport utility vehicles. The recall was issued as a result of alleged fire hazards that may result from problems with the electrical system in a number of vehicles manufactured by the company. In 2012, a similar recall was issued…

In May, a district court judge threw out a traffic citation after he found that a Las Cruces man who received a red light camera ticket was denied due process of law. In the case, the registered owner of a vehicle appealed a citation issued to him for failing to stop at a red…

An Albuquerque man was recently arrested after he allegedly caused an automobile accident while intoxicated and having sex in a Ford Explorer. According to police, a 25-year-old man was charged with reckless driving, aggravated driving while intoxicated (DWI), and evading police after he reportedly crashed the Explorer while headed north on Pennsylvania NE. The…

In late April, a single-vehicle accident involving a propane truck reportedly closed State Road 122, Interstate 40, and a set of Burlington Northern Santa Fe train tracks in McKinley County. According to New Mexico State Police, the 55-year-old driver of the propane truck was speeding on State Road 122 around 11 am when he…

The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) has reportedly combined forces with a group of individuals who were directly impacted by a crash with a tractor-trailer in an attempt to build support for additional legislation aimed at semi-truck safety. The TSC apparently met with officials from the United States Department of Transportation and members of Congress…

A single-vehicle wreck in southeast Albuquerque has reportedly claimed the life of three people and injured two others. According to a spokesperson for the Albuquerque Police Department, Tasia Martinez, witnesses stated the 20-year-old driver of a 2005 Lincoln was apparently attempting to engage in drag racing on Louisiana Street near Acoma SE when the…

According to police in Santa Fe, a number of area residents were recently victimized by a man who was practicing dentistry without a license and out of his car. In April, 36-year-old Eliver Kestler was charged with conspiracy to practice dentistry without a license, practicing dentistry without a license, and distributing a controlled substance….

Federal officials would reportedly like automakers to make it impossible for drivers to utilize in-vehicle technology to send or receive text messages, check email, or watch videos while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. A 281-page report recently published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the United States Department of…

A school bus driver was killed and at least two students were reportedly injured in a single-vehicle crash on State Road 111 near La Madera. According to New Mexico State Police Sergeant Emmanuel Gutierrez, the 69-year-old driver lost control of a Mesa Vista Consolidated School District bus carrying nine children, drove nearly 100 feet…

A jury in Santa Fe recently awarded the family of a man who was killed in 2010 by a semi near Carlsbad $58.5 million. The verdict, which included $47 million in punitive damages, is reportedly the largest in state history. The accident purportedly occurred when an eastbound tractor-trailer used to haul “produced water from…