By Associated Press - Saturday, May 5, 2018

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Latest on a crash involving a Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle (all times local):

3:20 p.m.

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says a 17-year-old boy who was driving a wrong-way vehicle that collided with a sheriff’s deputy vehicle has died.



Deputy Felicia Maggard said the boy who died was driving a vehicle westbound in eastbound lanes of Rio Bravo Boulevard when it collided head-on with the deputy’s vehicle before colliding with a third vehicle early Saturday morning.

The Sheriff’s Office said a 16-year-old girl who was a passenger in the wrong-way vehicle had non-life threatening injuries. The injuries to the deputy and the driver of the third vehicle also are described as non-life threatening.

No identities were released.

The wreck occurred near the Rio Grande.

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12:15 p.m.

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says alcohol is believed to be involved in a wrong-way three-vehicle wreck that injured a deputy and three other people.

The Sheriff’s Office say the deputy’s vehicle was struck head-on early Saturday morning by a vehicle that was being driven westbound in eastbound lanes of Rio Bravo Boulevard by a 17-year-old boy and that the wrong-way vehicle also struck a third vehicle.

The office says the driver of the wrong-way vehicle has severe injuries while a 16-year-old girl who was his passenger has no-life threatening injuries.

The injuries to the deputy and the driver of the third vehicle also are described as non-life threatening.

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The wreck occurred near the Rio Grande.

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