A BUSY LABOR DAY WEEKEND ACROSS NEW MEXICO FOR STATE POLICE. SGT ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS THEY INVESTIGATED SIX ACCIDENTS IN WHICH THERE WERE EIGHT FATALITIES. SHE SAYS TWO INVOLVED MOTORCYCLES AS WELL AS AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CRASH. THE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS RESULTED IN THREE DEATHS.
ARMIJO SAYS THEY THINK ALCOHOL PLAYED A ROLE IN ONE ACCIDENT IN SAN JUAN COUNTY INVOLVING TWO MOTORCYCLES. BOTH DRIVERS DIED. IN LEA COUNTY TWO SEMI-TRUCKS HIT HEAD-ON, BURST INTO FLAMES, KILLING BOTH DRIVERS.
