NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE SAY A MAN SURVIVED A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING…ONLY TO BE STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE WHILE STANDING IN THE ROAD. IT HAPPENED ON U.S. HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN ALAMOGORDO AND CLOUDCROFT.
POLICE SAY 35 YEAR OLD JASON CLAPPER WAS TRAVELLING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN HE ROLLED HIS VEHICLE. HE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT, BUT AS HE STOOD IN THE WESTBOUND LANE IN A DARK AND UNLIT AREA, HE WAS HIT BY A PASSING VEHICLE AND DIED. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
