Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
A Phoenix woman died in a single-vehicle crash last week on Interstate 40 west of Tucumcari.
According to a news release from New Mexico State Police, Catalina Blanco Hernandez, 59, died at a hospital after she was thrown from an eastbound sport-utility vehicle that inexplicably left the roadway and crashed into a guardrail near milepost 311 at 8:19 a.m. Sept. 5.
The SUV had been driven by an unidentified 26-year-old man. He and a second passenger, a 19-year-old man, suffered injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening and were taken to a hospital.
State police said Hernandez was not properly wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The crash is being investigated.