Las Cruces, NM (KKOB) – The family of 40-year old Andrew Brown who died after he was struck June 22 while riding his bicycle on North Fairacres Road in Las Cruces, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Kimberly Skaggs, the former treasurer for the Republican Party of New Mexico.
The suit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and alleges among other things, that Skaggs failed to drive with reasonable care, traveled at an excessive speed, fled the scene without rendering aid and attempted to conceal evidence after the collision.
According to police, a witness told investigators Skaggs got out of her vehicle after the crash, saw Brown lying in the roadway, then got back in the vehicle and drove away.
She remains in jail until trial in Las Cruces.
