VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M. — An Albuquerque man is accused of driving drunk and causing a head-on crash that killed a woman and critically injured her two children.
Valencia County Sheriff’s deputies accuse 37-year-old Richard Gutierrez Molina of allegedly driving his Ford F-250 drunk and killing 38-year-old Veronica Ferraro on Sunday in Los Lunas. Her two children, ages seven and 12, are in the hospital with “life-threatening injuries.” VCSO provided details Wednesday.
At around 3:28 p.m. Sunday, deputies responded to the intersection of El Cerro Loop and Sandhill Road in Los Lunas about a reported head-on crash.
Deputies arrived and found Ferraro and her children in one vehicle. Ferraro died at the scene. One of her children is in the intensive care unit in critical condition while the other was stabilized…