(Deming) — An elderly Arizona man was injured in an accident Thursday morning on the Columbus Highway after his vehicle struck a road crew signage truck.
Department of Public Safety Motor Transportation Officer Alan Ballinas said 83-year-old Robert White of Avondale, Arizona, was transported from the crash site directly to a Native Air helicopter ambulance waiting to take him to a trauma center in El Paso, Texas.
Ballinas said White suffered head, chest and back injuries in the accident that occurred at 10 a.m. Thursday just south of Pear Street where a road crew was setting up cones to do repair work on State Road 11 or the Columbus Highway.
White was driving a 1996 Ford pickup north on the Columbus Highway when he struck the back of a signage truck that was stopped as crew members finished setting up detour cones.
Ballinas said detour signs had already been deployed, and a witness to the accident said it appeared White was looking down and may not have seen the signs.
Citations are pending.
Department of Public Safety Motor Transportation Officer Alan Ballinas said 83-year-old Robert White of Avondale, Arizona, was transported from the crash site directly to a Native Air helicopter ambulance waiting to take him to a trauma center in El Paso, Texas.
Ballinas said White suffered head, chest and back injuries in the accident that occurred at 10 a.m. Thursday just south of Pear Street where a road crew was setting up cones to do repair work on State Road 11 or the Columbus Highway.
White was driving a 1996 Ford pickup north on the Columbus Highway when he struck the back of a signage truck that was stopped as crew members finished setting up detour cones.
Ballinas said detour signs had already been deployed, and a witness to the accident said it appeared White was looking down and may not have seen the signs.
Citations are pending.
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