(Deming) – A Columbus youth died in a single-vehicle accident Tuesday night.
New Mexico State Police officials identified the boy as 12-year-old Joel Horning Newswanger.
The fatal crash occurred on San Diego Road in Columbus at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when a Ford pickup, being driven by a 15-year-old girl, was traveling at a high rate of speed on San Diego Road.
The teen driver reportedly lost control of the pickup and it rolled onto the west shoulder of the roadway.
Neither the driver nor Newswanger were wearing seatbelts.
Newswanger was ejected from the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries in the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver was injured and transported to Deming for medical treatment. Her name was not immediately released.
Alcohol is not believed to have been a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.
New Mexico State Police officials identified the boy as 12-year-old Joel Horning Newswanger.
The fatal crash occurred on San Diego Road in Columbus at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when a Ford pickup, being driven by a 15-year-old girl, was traveling at a high rate of speed on San Diego Road.
The teen driver reportedly lost control of the pickup and it rolled onto the west shoulder of the roadway.
Neither the driver nor Newswanger were wearing seatbelts.
Newswanger was ejected from the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries in the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver was injured and transported to Deming for medical treatment. Her name was not immediately released.
Alcohol is not believed to have been a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.
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