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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….

In September, a tragic accident on Interstate 40 near Gallup left two roadway construction workers dead and another injured. According to New Mexico State Police, five Valley Fence Company employees were installing a post and cable barrier in the median of the roadway when a westbound recreational vehicle (RV) driven by 67-year-old Lee McCray…

A 13-year-old boy was killed and a 13-year-old girl was hospitalized following a recent head-on collision in Santa Fe County. According to Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office Captain Adam Mendoza, 43-year-old Dennis Bernal of Santa Fe was headed north on New Mexico 4 when he unexpectedly lost control of the Toyota pick-up truck he…

One woman was killed and five others were hurt in a recent crash on Interstate 25 near Santo Domingo Pueblo. According to Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Keith Elder, the accident occurred when a southbound automobile struck the back of a U-Haul trailer that was being pulled by a pick-up truck. The impact reportedly…

Northbound Interstate 25 near the Jefferson Boulevard off-ramp in Albuquerque reportedly saw a massive jump in vehicle crashes following the start of a $1.8 million roadway improvement project. In the month of August, a total of 23 New Mexico accidents occurred there. In contrast, only one crash per month was reported on the same…

According to a study conducted by the University of New Mexico’s Institute for Social Research, safety was increased at a number of Albuquerque intersections after traffic engineers lengthened the amount of time signals shone yellow. Mayor Richard Berry reportedly commissioned the $25,000 study in an effort to determine whether the recent increase in yellow…

More than one month after a fatal accident killed a Farmington 18-year-old, his passenger was transferred to Carrie Tingley Hospital in Albuquerque to begin the lengthy rehabilitation process. On August 3rd, Andrew Pope was reportedly driving northbound on Butler Avenue when he allegedly attempted to turn onto Piñon Hills Boulevard in front of an…

One man was recently killed and seven other people were injured in a rollover crash on northbound Interstate 25 in Santa Fe County. The accident reportedly occurred after a rear tire blew on a 2001 Ford Expedition driven by 40-year-old Crystal Tina Sione of Las Vegas, New Mexico. According to the Santa Fe County…

Last week, the Sandoval County Fire Chief was killed in a motor vehicle crash on Interstate 25 near Bernalillo while on his way to work. 59-year-old John Tibbetts was on duty and driving a county-issued sport utility vehicle (SUV) in a northbound lane of the roadway when the accident occurred. According to New Mexico…

Two people died Tuesday morning after the vehicle they were traveling in rolled in a single-car crash on Interstate 25 between Hatch and Las Cruces, New Mexico. A sport utility vehicle carrying a group of relatives was traveling southbound on the way to Chihuahua, Mexico when it reportedly blew a tire and left the…