A STRETCH OF EASTBOUND I-40 WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE TURNS INTO A CRIME SCENE. AT FIRST, THE HIGHWAY, NEAR MILE MARKER 126, WAS SHUT DOWN AS STATE POLICE WERE DEALING WITH A HAZMAT SITUATION CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT. WHEN AN OFFICER WENT TO CHECK ON A PICKUP TRUCK PARKED ON THE SHOULDER, HE FOUND TWO DECEASED PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE, A MAN AND A WOMAN.
STATE POLICE SAY IT DOESN’T APPEAR THE THE CRIME SCENE IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE PRIOR CRASH IN THAT SAME AREA. THEY DO SAY THE DEATHS APPEAR TO BE SUSPICIOUS IN NATURE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED.
