LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A semi-truck suffering mechanical problems burst into flames along U.S. Highway 70 in the Las Cruces area on Friday evening, state police said. Video and images taken by ABC-7 viewer Adrian Orona captured the intense smoke and flames that engulfed the tractor-trailer rig. State transportation officials had closed U.S. 70
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EL PASO, Texas — The lawyer for a witness of the recent deadly crash of a vehicle fleeing the Border Patrol agents confirmed Thursday that the El Paso District Attorney’s Office was attempting to stop the imminent deportation of her client – but she didn’t know if that effort would be successful. Wilmur Gomez, 25, of
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was killed in a crash along a northeast El Paso street late Wednesday morning. Police on Thursday identified victim as 26–year old Anthony Navarro. Investigators said Navaro crashed has motorcycle into car that was making a turn about 11:30 a.m. It happened in the 9500 block of McCombs between
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EL PASO, Texas — A deadly traffic crash late Wednesday night shut down a portion of Transmountain Road, authorities said. It happened around 8 p.m. on the eastbound lanes of Transmountain, a few miles west of US 54. The road reopened at 5:30 a.m. Traffic investigators with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office indicated the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Dona Ana County Sheriff’s cruiser overturned after a crash at an intersection late Tuesday night, injuring a deputy. A sheriff’s spokesperson on Wednesday morning said the injured deputy was taken to a local hospital, but his injuries were not severe. The deputy’s identity was not released. The collision happened
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EL PASO, Texas — A SWAT standoff with a wanted fugitive believed to be armed and barricaded in central El Paso ended with the man walking out of an apartment carrying a baby and surrendering to police. That peaceful surrender happened a bit before 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 3300 block of Gateway East, according
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EL PASO, Texas — A gas main break in the area of Chelsea Street and Montana Avenue has closed the intersection to traffic for several hours Tuesday, police and fire officials. El Paso fire and police were on the scene from about 10:30 to 2:15 p.m. Texas Gas Co. crews remain on the scene, finishing
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UPDATE: Texas state troopers on Thursday identified the truck driver killed in the prior day’s crash along I-10 near Anthony as 67-year-old Earnest Ray Pyles of Christiansburg, Virginia. Investigators said the semi-trailer was “loaded with a non-hazardous chemical substance, contained within bags… (that) spilled from the containers onto the roadway.” They did not, however, specifically
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EL PASO, Texas — A semi-truck flipped onto its side Thursday afternoon along the on-ramp to Interstate 10 eastbound from Redd Road in west El Paso. Fire dispatchers indicated there were no injuries reported in the crash, which occurred a bit before noon. Transportation officials were working to set the truck back upright. The on-ramp to
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EL PASO, Texas — An ambulance flipped on its side in a wreck on Interstate 10 in east El Paso Monday afternoon, injuring one person. That ambulance, belonging to Life Ambulance Services, rolled over just before 1 p.m. along the interstate near the Yarbrough exit. Video captured by ABC-7 viewer Mario Sosa shows the scene
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UPDATE: Relatives on Sunday identified 20-year-old Rashon Peterson as the victim of Friday night’s deadly crash in far east El Paso. The family said Peterson was a passenger in a car that was struck by a semi-truck. Peterson was a Hanks High School graduate. A GoFundMe account was set up to help the family with
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EL PASO, Texas — Rain-slicked roadways following up to an inch and a half of rain on Friday evening resulted in multiple crashes that snarled traffic across the Borderland. A couple of notable wrecks occurred on Interstate 10 eastbound through El Paso. At I-10 east and McCrae, multiple lanes were closed due to a crash;
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EL PASO, Texas — A Texas Department of Transportation HERO worker earned the title in a new way on Friday after rescuing a stranded puppy found along an El Paso highway. TxDOT morning supervisor Albert Castanon is normally accustomed to assisting stranded motorists as part of the agency’s Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) program. But
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EL PASO, Texas — At least one person was transported to the hospital following a four-vehicle collision that happened Thursday night at a busy west El Paso intersection. The crash at Resler Drive and North Mesa Street happened about 9:30 p.m., although it was approaching midnight before all the cars were finally towed away from
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UPDATE: Police on Thursday said 23–year old Monique Alicia Brooks died at University Medical Center from her injuries after her SUV struck a light pole and rolled over. Investigators don’t know why she veered off the road, but said it happened after she “accelerated away from the area of Dyer and Maxwell in a Nissan
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SOCORRO, Texas — At least one person was killed a four-car crash in Socorro on Sunday afternoon. The crash occurred at North Loop and Clem’s Road and was reported around 1:30 p.m. A spokesman for Socorro police confirmed the crash involved at least one fatality, but didn’t immediately have further details.
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DEMING, New Mexico — A crash near Deming killed two children and injured three other members of a California family, authorities said Monday. The single-vehicle crash happened about 12:30 a.m. Sunday along Interstate 10 near Deming. According to investigators, a large SUV carrying a mother, father and six children, left the roadway and rolled. During
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CARLSBAD, New Mexico — A New Mexico State Police officer is credited with saving the life of a 55-year-old Alamogordo woman, pulling her to safety as her car burst into flames after crashing. NMSP officials said Officer Edgar Palomarez was assisted by a good Samaritan in the lifesaving effort Friday afternoon along U.S. Highway 285
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EL PASO, Texas — A multi-car crash involving a Border Patrol vehicle triggered the shutdown of a portion of Loop 375 for the commute home late Friday afternoon. The crash happened on Loop 375 east near the Zaragoza exit, an area that has been the scene of deadly collisions in the past. Fire officials said
Continue Reading FABENS, Texas — A New Mexico woman was killed in a rollover crash on a rural road north of Fabens in Hudspeth County, authorities said Friday. Maria Angela Harmon, 66, of Chaparral, was killed when she rolled her pickup truck about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety said she was
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso sector Border Patrol agent ran over a 29-year-old Mexican migrant with a vehicle during a search near the Ysleta Port of Entry earlier this month, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed Thursday. Agents were searching for three migrants just west of the Ysleta Port of Entry
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UPDATE, July 6: El Paso police on Monday identified the victim of last week’s deadly car crash into an 18-wheeler along the Border Highway as 54-year-old Elisa Triste of Clint. A police incident report quoted witnesses as saying “Triste was traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving in and out of traffic when
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UPDATE: State troopers on Monday identified the lone fatality from Sunday’s pickup truck crash on I-10 in Culberson County as Luis Alejandro Guerrero, 17, of Midland. ORIGINAL REPORT: VAN HORN, Texas — A pickup truck crash Sunday afternoon killed at least one person and led to the shutdown of Interstate 10 about three hours east
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was seriously injured after colliding with another vehicle in far east El Paso on Sunday morning, authorities said. The crash happened about 10 a.m. along Gateway West near Sparks. Sheriff’s deputies said the motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Details of the crash were still
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UPDATE, July 2: Police said 42–year old Angel Holguin has died from his injuries in last month’s crash of his motorcycle at Zaragoza Road and Rich Beem Boulevard in far east El Paso. Investigators said he lost control and struck a curb, ejecting both Holguin and his girlfriend. He suffered a serious head injury in
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police on Wednesday released the identities for most of the seven people killed and three injured when a car that had been pursued by the U.S. Border Patrol crashed in downtown last week. Five of the ten victims, according to police, were from Guatemala. The identities as well as
Continue Reading CLICK HERE for UPDATES to this story EL PASO, Texas — Several families that have suffered deeply following the deadly car crash that followed a Border Patrol chase last week, leaving 7 people dead and another 3 seriously hurt, are now getting back the remains of their loved ones. An official close to the case
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EL PASO, Texas — The Coffee Emporium has been a west El Paso staple for more than 30 years. For the first time in three decades the business is now asking themselves what comes next? “We felt like we were going to be OK but then the whole TxDOT (construction) came in and people were
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EL PASO, Texas — A woman walking with her brother along a northeast El Paso roadway was struck and killed by a car on Sunday night, authorities said. It happened about 8:15 p.m. at the intersection of 6400 block of Mohair and Cougar. Police on Monday identified the victim as 28–year-old Jazmin Renteria of El
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EL PASO, Texas — A memorial at the downtown El Paso car crash site where 7 people were killed is starting to grow. The family and friends of 16-year-old Yadira Barrera and 19-year-old Jorge Acosta told ABC-7 on Saturday that they believe their loved ones were among those killed in the crash. RELATED STORY: Border
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