ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A MOTORCYCLIST WAS GOING MORE THAN 90 MPH WHEN HE CRASHED ON EASTBOUND I-40 THURSDAY MORNING AND WAS KILLED. APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER SAYS THE MOTORCYCLIST WAS UNABLE TO NAVIGATE A SLIGHT BEND IN THE INTERSTATE AT 4TH STREET…STRUCK A BARRIER…WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS MOTORCYCLE…AND HIT A STREET LIGHT.
ALSO THURSDAY MORNING, A FEMALE PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A PICKUP AS SHE WAS CROSSING COORS AT ILIFF. APD SAYS THE WOMAN WAS OUTSIDE A DESIGNATED CROSSWALK WHEN SHE WAS HIT.
THE ACCIDENTS DURING THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE CAUSED MAJOR BACKUPS.
