EL PASO, Texas — A 59-year-old man died after he was caught between the rear axles of a big-rig’s trailer that he was helping to move out of traffic, El Paso police said Monday. The deadly incident happened Sunday just before 11 a.m. in the 7400 block of North Mesa near Remcon in west El
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Friday morning brought a couple of traffic snarls along Interstate 10 in Las Cruces, with separate incidents involving a truck jackknife and a vehicle fire. In the first incident, a semi-truck jackknifed into a dump truck along I-10 eastbound, injuring at least one person and leaving wreckage strewn in a
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UPDATE, April 26: An investigation into last week’s rollover car crash and related assault along I-10 west at the Transmountain exit has led to the uncovering of a human smuggling operation and the arrest of a New Mexico man, El Paso police announced Monday. 24–year old Mark Holguin of Sunland Park was being held in
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EL PASO, Texas — Two motorcycles crashed in El Paso’s Upper Valley early Sunday, resulting in both motorcyclists being seriously injured. Police said the crash occurred along Country Club Road at Sterling Place. As of 5:25 a.m., Country Club was closed to both eastbound and westbound traffic as investigators were summoned to the scene. The
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EL PASO, Texas — A car crash in El Paso’s Lower Valley has snarled Tuesday afternoon traffic. Few details were available about the crash occurring at Gateway East at Hawkins, but police said multiple lanes were closed and traffic was backed up to Airway. Police estimated it would be at least 3 p.m. before the
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EL PASO, Texas — Emergency crews responded Monday evening to a multi-vehicle crash along U.S. 54 in El Paso near the New Mexico state line. The collision, which happened just before 5:30 p.m., involved an 18-wheeler truck and a car. Authorities reported no serious injuries in that crash. No further details were immediately available. For
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police said Monday they were investigating four separate shootings that happened over the weekend, three of which resulted in people being injured. Those shootings include: About 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of south Almendra Street. Two men were struck by gunfire after an argument between neighbors escalated
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a crash on El Paso’s east side early Sunday morning. Investigators were summoned to the crash site at Yarbrough Drive and Montana Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Police said the motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash, but didn’t provide any further details.
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UPDATE, April 16: A runaway cement mixer that crashed into a semi-trailer along Transmountain Road was experiencing brake failure at the time, El Paso police investigators said Thursday. The cement truck driver, 46–year old Ricardo Moreno Esparza of San Elizario, “was reportedly sounding his horn as he entered the intersection on a red light” seconds
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UPDATE, April 15: El Paso police said a woman blamed for causing a deadly traffic crash on U.S. 54 earlier this month, as a result of drunk driving and speeding, has now been released from the hospital and booked into jail. Erika Monique Debruhl, 35, was arrested on a charge of intoxication manslaughter and is
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El Paso, Texas– One El Paso resident isn’t happy about the trash she sees on the side of the freeway every time she heads to work. “There’s furniture, recliners, tables, chairs and then just random trash. A lot of it is from fast food restaurants and things like that,” said Lisa Alvarado. Alvarado regularly takes
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EL PASO, Texas — Construction along Transmountain Road won’t be going away anytime soon. That’s because the Texas Department of Transportation is making several new improvements. Overnight closures will continue to happen occasionally, according to TxDOT. This week’s closure will last until Thursday night as TxDOT works to move concrete barriers to make a traffic switch.
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EL PASO, Texas — A traffic crash Monday evening blocked all lanes of Loop 375 westbound at Transmountain Road. The Texas Department of Transportation reported the crash and closure shortly before 6 p.m. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said it was a single-vehicle crash, but deputies didn’t indicate the type of vehicle involved or
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UPDATE, April 12: A motorcyclist who crashed into a car over the weekend has now died of his injuries, police said Monday. Officers identified him as 25–year-old Ricardo Mota of San Elizario. Police said he died at University Medical Center, where he was taken following Sunday’s crash in the 4700 block of Dyer Street. The
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorist has life-threatening injuries after a crash in east El Paso Saturday evening, fire department dispatchers confirmed. The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. near Lee Trevino and Castner drives. Video from the crash scene showed a tow truck lifting the crashed vehicle. Authorities told ABC-7 that the red car was
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EL PASO, Texas — The men’s basketball NCAA championship takes place Monday night. So who are you rooting for? If you’re going against the Texas team – you join the crowd with many other El Pasoans. But something on Interstate 10 caught the eyes of some motorists: Texas Department of Transportation signs cheering for Baylor,
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EL PASO, Texas — A 78-year-old El Paso woman whose car crashed into a tree in a park is the city’s 15th traffic fatality of the year, police said Monday. Investigators said Estela Romano died at a hospital shortly after her car went off the road along a curve in the 10100 block of Lockerbie
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EL PASO, Texas – Four people were rushed to the hospital after a multiple vehicle crash in east El Paso Sunday afternoon, a police dispatch spokesman confirmed. According to the police dispatcher, one person was critically injured and the three others had non-life threatening injuries. He said first-responders had to extricate at least one of
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EL PASO, Texas — An 18-wheeler lost part of its load near Interstate 10 and Executive late Saturday afternoon, according to El Paso police dispatchers. Police said the load spread out throughout the eastbound lanes causing traffic to be backed up. Police were forcing traffic off of I-10 east before the Executive exit and asked
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A semi-truck leaking refrigerated liquid hydrogen caused a brief closure of the Interstate 10/25 interchange on Thursday evening. Authorities were eventually able to move the truck to an isolated location near the New Mexico State University campus where hazardous materials crews were working late into the night to depressurize the
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EL PASO, Texas — A 78-year-old man has died from injuries he suffered in a traffic crash that shut down a northeast El Paso roadway for six hours earlier this week, police said Wednesday. Authorities indicated Juan Estrada of El Paso died at University Medical Center, where he was taken with very serious injuries after
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EL PASO, Texas — A 31-year-old motorcyclist has died from his injuries suffered in crash on Sunday in central El Paso. Police said Monday that Raul Cardenas died at University Medical Center, where he was taken for treatment following the crash. It happened at 3:50 p.m. in the 6700 block of El Paso Drive near
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EL PASO — A motorist was seriously injured in a single-car west El Paso traffic crash early Friday morning, according to El Paso Fire Department dispatchers. The crash took place near the intersection of Resler Drive and Orizaba Avenue shortly after midnight and traffic investigators were called to the scene around 2 a.m. Police dispatchers
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DEL RIO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned two El Pasoans were injured and hospitalized when their pickup truck was struck by another pickup loaded with migrants, killing eight of them, near the south Texas border town of Del Rio earlier this week. Family friends said Jachin Ford, a youth leader at St. Mark’s United Methodist
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UPDATE, March 18: A man who crashed his car into a Lower Valley house has now died of his injuries, El Paso police said Thursday. Investigators said the driver, 60–year-old Gonzalo Herrera Moreno, suffered a medical incident that caused him to lose control of his car and crash into a rock wall at a home
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UPDATE, March 18: El Paso police on Thursday identified a pedestrian struck and killed while running across Interstate 10 near Porfirio Diaz as a man his 20s, but withheld his name until family could be notified. Investigators indicated they had determined the driver of the car that hit the man was not at fault for
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was seriously hurt in a collision Wednesday night in west El Paso. The crash took place at the intersection of Mesa Street and Pitt Street around 9 p.m. Police said the motorcyclist was rushed to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. Authorities didn’t indicate if there were other vehicles
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UPDATE: Transmountain Road reopened Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. For the latest traffic conditions go to kvia.com/traffic. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation closed Transmountain Road Tuesday afternoon until further notice due to high wind and blowing dust along the roadway. The closure comes as much of the Borderland is
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UPDATE, March 15: El Paso police on Monday said a speeding motorcyclist who died after crashing into the rear of a tractor-trailer rig was responsible the shutdown of I-10 west near Executive for hours on Friday night and into Saturday morning. Police identified the victim as 25–year old Jesus Jomar Moreno of west El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas — A person was critically injured late Sunday night in a traffic crash along Interstate 10 eastbound at Paisano Drive. Investigators were summoned to the crash scene shortly before 11 p.m. Police said a crash victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Authorities did not immediately provide any further details
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