The body of Valencia County Sheriffs Deputy will be escorted with honors to Los Lunas Thursday starting at 10 AM from the Medical Investigator’s Office in Albuquerque. Thirty-year-old Ryan Thomas of Belen died Tuesday night following a one vehicle crash.
State Police say he was northbound on Manzano Expressway, responding to a call for service, when he lost control of his vehicle and it overturned. Thomas was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle, sustaining fatal injuries.
State Police say the crash is still under investigation.
