One Dead in Pileup Crash

A FIVE CAR PILEUP IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO HAS LEFT A 51 YEAR OLD WOMAN DEAD, AND A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. POLICE SAY THE TEENAGER CRASHED HER CAR ON HIGHWAY 70 NORTHEAST OF LAS CRUCES WEDNESDAY…AND 51 YEAR OLD LORENZA NUNEZ STOPPED TO HELP. THREE OTHER VEHICLES THEN HIT THE CARS THAT WERE STOPPED, AND NUNEZ WAS KILLED.

THE 16 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CARELESS DRIVING AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING DRUGS.

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