NMSP NEWS RELEASE

On December 9 at around 3:30 a.m. the New Mexico State Police were called to U.S. Highway 84 milepost 202 near Medanales for a head-on fatal crash.  The crash involved a 2000 Jeep Cherokee occupied by two people and a 2019 GMC truck occupied by two people.

The two vehicles collided head-on and became fully engulfed in flames.  All four individuals sustained fatal injuries in the collision and were pronounced deceased on the scene by the Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI).

This investigation is in the preliminary stages with many details still under investigation.  The New Mexico State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit is assisting in determining the details that led up to the crash. 

State Police officers are working closely with OMI to determine the identity of the four individuals killed in the crash.  This incident is under investigation by the New Mexico State Police Uniform Bureau with assistance from the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Unit.  When more information is available it will be released. 

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the New Mexico State Police at (505) 425-6771 option 1.