
Luna County Sheriff’s Captain Jose Martinez said 53-year-old Jose Olivas was flown to an El Paso trauma center from the accident, which occurred in the vicinity of Taft and N. Boundary streets in Columbus at just before 10 a.m. Monday, March 16th.
Martinez said Olivas was driving a 2004 Dodge pickup when he lost control of the vehicle, which struck a parked pickup, causing Olivas’s pickup to overturn.
Columbus emergency medical responders were first on the scene and called for the air transport.
It was not immediately known what caused Olivas to lose control of his pickup, but there was speculation he may have suffered a medical episode prior to the accident.