TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A PAIR OF SEMI’S CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER ON I-40 WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE DEPT LT. DAVID LUJAN SAYS THE BIG RIGS COLLIDED HEAD-ON NEAR ROUTE 66 CASINO. HE SAYS THEY’RE NOT CLEAR ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE CRASH. HE SAYS ONE SEMI WAS MOVING EASTBOUND WHILE THE OTHER WAS HEADED WESTBOUND, AND SOMEHOW THE TWO COLLIDED.
LT. LUJAN SAYS A THIRD PERSON WAS AIR LIFTED TO UNM HOSPITAL.
ONE OF THE SEMI’S APPEARED TO BE CARRYING SCAFFOLDING EQUIPMENT…THE OTHER PRODUCE.
