El Pasoan killed in I-10 southern New Mexico crash of 4 big rigs

GRANT COUNTY, New Mexico – An El Paso truck driver was killed in a traffic crash involving four tractor-trailer rigs along Interstate 10 between Deming and Lordsburg, New Mexico State Police said Thursday.

The victim was identified by NMSP as 33-year-old Steven Carpenter.

The deadly crash occurred Wednesday evening at a rest stop exit on I-10 eastbound near milepost 53.

A police crash report said Carpenter's big rig collided into the rear of two other other semi-trucks, pushing one of those into a fourth tractor-trailer. Exactly what caused Carpenter's truck to crash remained unknown, although investigators indicated he wasn't intoxicated.

Two of the other drivers suffered minor injuries while the third was not hurt in the wreck, which authorities said remained under investigation.