2 dead, 1 injured in collision involving semi-truck and car in Clovis

CLOVIS, NM – Two people were killed early Sunday morning when a semi-truck collided with a vehicle in Clovis, according to KFDA.

The fatal wreck took place at the intersection of Grand Street and Seventh Street at about 1:42 a.m. An initial investigation found that the driver of a Cadillac was traveling eastbound on Seventh Street at a high rate of speed when the car crossed over a concrete median into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a slow-moving semi.

Responding Clovis police officers found the Cadillac fully engulfed in flames with two occupants still inside the front passenger compartment. Though the fire was extinguished, both occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.

A third occupant of the vehicle was ejected and transported to Plains Regional Medical Center before being transferred to a hospital in Texas for further treatment.

The driver of the semi-truck was not injured and evaluated on the scene.

Anyone with information about the crash was asked to call the Clovis Police Department.

Crash shuts down ramp from Unser Boulevard to I-40

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The New Mexico Department of Transportation alerted drivers to a crash affecting traffic in Albuquerque during Monday morning’s commute.

According to an advisory on NMRoads shortly before 7 a.m., the accident happened on Interstate 40 westbound at mile marker 154, at Unser Boulevard.

The on-ramp from northbound Unser Boulevard to I-40 westbound was shut down while the scene was being cleared. Drivers were urged to seek alternate routes and expect delays in the area.

Vehicle crashes into pole on Edith Boulevard, topples power line

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Authorities and utility crews were dispatched to a single-vehicle crash in Albuquerque early Saturday morning.

A traffic alert from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office at 4:11 a.m. stated that southbound Edith Boulevard was closed at Ranchitos Road after a vehicle crashed into a pole. The incident caused a power line to be knocked down in the lanes of traffic.

A crew from Public Service Company of New Mexico was on the scene to make repairs. All lanes were reported back open at 5:52 a.m.

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