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Rio Arriba County (KKOB) – A Rio Arriba County man is jailed in connection with a fatal hit and run crash that happened Sunday morning inside the county. 34- year old Crescencio Castro Baldazo, was involved in a crash on state highway 550 in Rio Arriba County while driving a company vehicle and according to police and witnesses was allegedly driving under the influence. In the crash, 55-year old Jasper Bunny of Farmington died at the hospital after his vehicle overturned. According to one witness of the crash, who happened to be off-duty Texas police officer, Castro-Baldazo took off from the crash site after the crash but was stopped a few miles from the scene, thanks to other citizens who intervened. Castro Baldazo, is now in the Rio Arriba Detention Center on several charges including homicide by vehicle, and leaving the scene of an accident, failure to maintain traffic lane, careless driving, open container in vehicle.
The investigation is still ongoing.
