LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico State Police say an elderly man was killed near Las Vegas when the small tractor he was driving crashed into a tree.
State Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Armijo says the incident happened around 6 p.m. Friday on State Road 518, north of Las Vegas.
Investigators say 87-year-old Eugenio Longoria was traveling on a dirt road off the state road and exited the right side.
They say the tractor hit a tree and overturned.
Longoria, of Sapello, was thrown from the vehicle.
He was pronounced dead from his injuries.
Armijo says the crash remains under investigation.
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