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Three die in fiery Otero County crash
Updated: Friday, 13 Jan 2012, 4:28 PM MST
Published : Friday, 13 Jan 2012, 4:28 PM MST
- Bill Diven
TULAROSA, N.M. (KRQE) - A head-on collision between two trucks killed three men and injured a fourth on U.S. Highway 54 Thursday.
New Mexico State Police report the crash happened when a southbound truck driven by Richard Jackson, 60, of Alamogordo crossed into the northbound lane a mile north of Tularosa at about 4:30 p.m.
The other driver, Neal Trammel, 52, of Tularosa was unable to avoid the crash by moving to the right shoulder. Jackson, Trammel and Manuel Suarez Torres, 51, Trammel's passenger in the middle of the front seat, all died at the scene.
Jose Cortez, Trammel's other passenger, was airlifted to a hospital in El Paso, Texas, where his condition is not known.
After the crash fire engulfed both trucks.
Investigators said alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the crash and that apparently no one was wearing a seatbelt.
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