BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) - Authorities have identified a man who was killed in a crash on I-25 in Sandoval County.
KOAT-TV in Albuquerque reports (https://bit.ly/2cU7SQC ) Frank Lopez was driving southbound at the Cochiti Pueblo on Saturday afternoon when he rear-ended another vehicle.
According to witnesses, Lopez was traveling between 70-75 mph when he hit a Chevy truck.
Sandoval County sheriff’s deputies say traffic had been slowing down for a construction zone.
Lopez was pronounced dead the scene.
Eight people, including four children, were in the truck.
Deputies say they all were transported to a hospital in Santa Fe.
One was airlifted with a back injury. The children’s injuries were minor.
The impact to the truck caused a chain reaction with two other vehicles, each carrying four people.
None of them were injured.
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Information from: KOAT-TV, https://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/index.html
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