Albuquerque,NM : Carrizozo man killed in Hwy 54 crash on December, Friday 29th 2017

New Mexico State Police continue their investigation of a fatal vehicle crash that killed a 42-year-old Carrizozo man on U.S. Highway 54 at milepost 100 Friday, according to a NMSP press release.
In the release NMSP spokesman Ray Wilson wrote State Police responded to a fatal vehicle accident involving a 1990 Ford Taurus and a 1984 Peterbilt tow truck on U.S. Highway 54 North at milepost 100 between Carrizozo and Tularosa around 8:30 p.m. Friday.

The initial investigation indicated the tow truck was turning around on Highway 54 to load a disabled vehicle, Wilson stated in the release.

He wrote the Taurus was traveling south on Highway 54 then struck the tow truck.

In the release, Wilson wrote that the driver of the Taurus, John Schlageter, who was not wearing his seatbelt sustained fatal injuries in the crash.

Schlageter was pronounced dead at the scene by a field deputy from the Office of the Medical Investigator, Wilson stated in the release.

He wrote that alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the fatal accident.

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Carrizozo man killed in Hwy 54 crash