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Officials identify man in fatal i-25 crash
Crews open I-25 northbound after fatal crash
Updated: Monday, 01 Oct 2012, 5:58 PM MDT
Published : Monday, 01 Oct 2012, 11:14 AM MDT
- Hawa Konte
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A sudden turn on Interstate 25 led to a crash than killed an 87-year-old Belen man Monday morning.
Los Lunas police report Thomas Leyba of Belen was headed north on I-25 in the right lane when he suddenly turned his 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer into the left lane.
Already in the left lane were two people in a 2008 Pontiac who were unable to avoid a collision with the left rear of the Trailblazer. That sent both vehicles spinning into the median south of the Los Lunas exit.
Police reported Leyba died at the scene. The driver and passenger in the Pontiac, whose names were not released, were taken by by ground and air ambulances to hospitals for treatment of unspecified injuries. Their conditions are not known.
The crash happened a little before 10 a.m. shutting down northbound I-25 at Belen for several hours.
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