By Associated Press - Monday, December 19, 2016

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Police are investigating a fatal car crash involving a 71-year-old Las Cruces woman.

They say officers were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash about 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

A woman was critically injured in the crash and transported to a hospital, where she died.



Police haven’t released the name of the woman yet.

They say a 10-year-old child in the other vehicle was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.

The driver and other occupants in that same vehicle were treated at the scene and released.

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