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Update (December 5, 2024): Special Traffic Investigators say 24-year-old Brisa De la Cruz died at the hospital. An unidentified 20-year-old woman was released after receiving treatment for minor injuries. Emergency crews also treated three men at the scene. Investigators are still looking into the crash. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An Elite Ambulance and another vehicle collided at the intersection of Rojas Drive and George Dieter Drive, first responders tell ABC-7. Officials say that five people suffered injuries in the crash. Emergency crews rushed one person to the hospital with serious injuries and another four with minor injuries. The collision

MESQUITE, New Mexico (KVIA) — Three people are in the hospital after a serious crash in mesquite today.  It happened at Stern Drive  and  East Organ Road, which  is just past Vado Speedway, parallel to I-10. An ABC-7 crew captured video of the scene. You can see debris scattered throughout the road and the tow truck on the scene.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A water main break has caused low water pressure or outages for hundreds of residents in Northwest El Paso, and closed three schools. Hornedo Middle, Lundy Elementary, and Tippin Elementary schools are closed. El Paso Water crews are working in the area of Ojo de Agua and Via Descanso. “EPWater

Update: The EPFD spokesperson says crews have knocked down the fire and are now checking for hot spots. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire Department crews are on the scene of a fire on the 10000 block of Kellogg Street in Northeast El Paso. EPFD crews responding to a condition 2 house fire

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police are looking for 71-year-old Armando Contreras. His family says they have not seen him since November 4, 2024 on the 100 block of Cargill, near Ascarate Park. Police first sent out a notification alerting the public that Contreras is missing at 1 PM Wednesday November 27, 2024.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police are asking the public’s help in identifying the driver involved in a crash that killed two women on I-10 West near downtown. Two Hispanic women, one in her 30s and one in her mid to late teens, were trying to cross I-10 West on Nov. 16 just

UPDATE: All lanes of I-10 West at Wild Horse Road are now open according to TxDOT. The lanes were shut down after two semis crashed due to traffic back-up caused by construction in the area, according to Texas DPS. A tractor-trailer was in the right lane when a second semi hit it from behind. The

MESILLA, New Mexico (KVIA) — A former Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority (MVRDA) emergency dispatcher is charged with making multiple terroristic threats on Facebook against county facilities and employees. Federal officials charged 53-year-old Jason Rivera after they say he posted about explosives at MVRDA and directed threats at specific employees. Officials say Rivera posted the

Update: Police say they are not investigating this as a hit-and-run. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire Department officials say a car hit four pedestrians then sped off in Central El Paso this afternoon. First responders say the crash happened near the intersection of Arizona and North Virginia at 4:22 PM today. The

UPDATE: El Paso Police say the item was deemed to be “not suspicious”. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department bomb squad is investigating a suspicious item at the National Guard facility in Northeast El Paso right now. The 911 call came in at 10:28 AM. El Paso Police Department officials say

Update (November 21, 2024): Police identified the victim as 26-year-old Jerome Douglas Harper. Officers found Harper dead with a gunshot wound when they arrived at the scene. Crimes Against Persons detectives are actively looking for more information in this case, officials say. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 915-212-4020 or Crime Stoppers

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A video of a student at Montwood High School appearing to carry a weapon on campus circulated online today. “The student has been identified and addressed by district police,” Montwood Principal David Herrera stated in a message to parents today. “The item was confirmed to be an airsoft gun.” Herrera

Update (November 19, 2024): Court documents identify the 19-year-old suspect as Elijah Tayshaun Odom. The documents also reveal that the call to 911 first came in as a kidnapping in progress, but that when officers arrived, they determined that no kidnapping had taken place. Officers booked him into El Paso’s Downtown Jail on a combined

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police officials confirm that an alleged shoplifter assaulted a security guard this afternoon at 7022 North Mesa Street. The store listed at this location is the Albertsons at Mesa and Resler. ABC-7 has a crew going to the scene right now. The call reporting the assault to 911

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 17-year-old teen died in a crash early Monday morning. El Paso Police identify Saul Adrian Bustillos as the driver who died. Bustillo’s passengers, 19-year-old Lorena Bustillos, 20-year-old Aldo Bustillos, and 16-year-old Uriel Santos Ramirez, were all injured in the collision. Cars drive through puddles of rainwater on Alameda Avenue.

DEMING, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State Police officials say officers in Deming saved five kidnapped children. On Saturday, November 16, 2024, NMSP officers received information about the five “missing endangered” children who officials say had been taken by their biological mom in Texas. The officers had been given a description of the mother’s