STUDENTS AT UNM IN ALBUQUERQUE ARE COPING WITH THE NEWS THAT TWO STUDENTS WERE KILLED IN A CRASH LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND TWO OTHERS WERE INJURED. THE WRECK HAPPENED LATE FRIDAY ON RIO GRANDE BLVD. AS THE STUDENTS PULLED OUT OF THE HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE PARKING LOT.
THE CRASH KILLED STUDENTS MATTHEW GRANT AND AND BRIANA HILLARD, WHO WAS DRIVING THE SEDAN WHEN IT WAS T-BONE BY A STOLEN TRUCK. THE OTHER TWO STUDENTS SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES.
POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK … 21 YEAR OLD JOSH LEAL … FLED THE SCENE WITH HIS 16 YEAR OLD PASSENGER, BUT THE TWO WERE LATER CAUGHT. THEY'RE BOTH IN CUSTODY. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS POLICE SAID LEAL REEKED OF MARIJUANA AND ADMITTED THAT HE'D BEEN SMOKING POT.
