A DEADLY MORNING ON NEW MEXICO’S HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY. AROUND 7:30AM, A MAN WAS KILLED ON I-40 JUST WEST OF GALLUP WHEN HIS EASTBOUND VEHICLE CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND HIT THE REAR WHEELS OF A SEMI. HE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT. TWO OTHERS IN THE CAR WERE INJURED.
AN HOUR LATER, STATE POLICE SAY 26 YEAR OLD JUAN SOLIS OF ALBUQUERQUE DIED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLL-OVER ON I-25 NORTH OF SOCORRO. SOLIS WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND WAS THROWN FROM HIS CAR WHEN IT LEFT THE HIGHWAY AND ROLLED AROUND 8:30AM AS. BOTH ACCIDENTS ARE STILL BE INVESTIGATED.
