A MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A CHRISTMAS EVE CRASH ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WESTSIDE. A-P-D OFFICER TANNER TIXIER SAYS IT HAPPENED LATE MONDAY NIGHT WHEN A WHITE VEHICLE GOING NORTH ON COORS ALLEGEDLY RAN A RED LIGHT AT HIGH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO THE VICTIM AT FORTUNA. TIXIER SAYS THE VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND WAS THROWN FROM HIS VEHICLE. TIXIER SAYS THE OTHER DRIVER APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. A BLOOD SAMPLE WAS TAKEN.
