3 dead in interstate vehicle collision near Lordsburg
Authorities say three people were killed after a tractor trailer hit two other vehicles in southwestern New Mexico.
State police said Monday the collision happened near Lordsburg on Interstate 10 around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
An initial investigation indicates a Freightliner tractor trailer crossed the center median.
It hit another tractor trailer head-on and a Dodge pickup also in the opposite lane.
Authorities pronounced three people dead at the scene.
They were the driver of the second tractor trailer, 47-year-old Jose Apodaca of El Paso; a passenger in the pickup, 47-year-old Susan Rojo of Sierra Vista, Arizona; and the Freightliner driver, 50-year-old Sean White of West Covina, California.
The 51-year-old male driver of the pickup and a 13-year-old female passenger suffered critical injuries.
The crash investigation remains ongoing.
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