THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT IS INVESTIGATING SUNDAY’S CHERRY PICKER CRASH IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE THAT LEFT A MAN AND HIS 12 YEAR NEPHEW DEAD … AND THREE OTHER CHILDREN, INCLUDING TWO OF THE MAN’S SONS, INJURED.
APD’S CELINA ESPINOZA SAYS 56 YEAR OLD KEN RASCHICK WAS TAKING THE KIDS FOR A RIDE IN THE 6-STORY-HIGH CHERRY PICKER THAT HE USED IN HIS TREE TRIMMING BUSINESS WHEN A GUST OF WIND BROUGHT IT DOWN.
TWO OF THE CHILDREN REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
