TWO NEW MEXICO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WORKERS ARE KILLED WHILE REPAIRING POTHOLES ON STATE ROAD 120 NEAR ROY MONDAY. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT IN WHICH THE WORKERS WERE HIT BY A VEHICLE AROUND NOON MONDAY.
D-O-T SECRETARY TOM CHURCH SAYS ANTHONY RIVERA AND DAVID EGGERT WERE HARD WORKERS . RIVERA WAS FROM RAINSVILLE. EGGERT WAS FROM WAGON MOUND. CHURCH SAYS THE TRAGEDY IS A REMINDER OF WHAT D-O-T EMPLOYEES DO. HE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT WILL DO ALL IT CAN TO KEEP WORKERS SAFE.
IT’S UNKNOWN IF THE DRIVER WHO HIT RIVERA AND EGGERT WILL FACE CHARGES.
