EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person was killed in a crash involving a Doña Ana County Sheriff’s unit along Interstate 25 Monday night, Nov. 4, according to Sheriff’s Office.
At about 6:30 p.m., DASO deputies were responding to a call about an injury to a child in the Las Alturas area. Deputies were responding with their lights and sirens all activated, acccording to DASO.
While en route on southbound I-25, a vehicle that was traveling “significantly slower” pulled out onto the freeway in front of Sheriff’s vehicles, the Sheriff’s Office said.
There were two deputies in a unit that collided with the slower moving vehicle, DASO officials said.
Both deputies and the female driver of the other vehicle were transported to local hospitals for treatment. A passenger in the other vehicle, identified only as a male civilian passenger, was unresponsive at the scene and later died at a hospital, Doña Ana County Sheriff’s officials said.
Neither the deputies nor the civilian female suffered any life-threatening injuries, according to DASO.
New Mexico State Police are handling the investigation into the crash. DASO did not say exactly where the crash happened on I-25.
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