BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A wrong-way crash on a dangerous stretch of Interstate 40 in the East Mountains left one driver seriously injured. The next day, one of the deputies who responded to that crash would tragically lose his life in the same area.
In February, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to reports of a wrong-way driver on I-40 in the East Mountains. But less than two minutes later, dispatchers began receiving calls about a serious crash.
When deputies arrived, they found a chaotic scene. “Right now, we need help shutting down the freeway. Both of these people are pinned. This one in this car is unconscious, this one is talking but completely crashed,” a deputy can be heard saying in body camera footage.
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