Albuquerque,NM : Deputy not liable for deadly crash on August, Tuesday 29th 2017

A jury last week found that a Bernalillo County deputy who briefly chased a drunken driver was not to blame for a deadly crash that took place moments after she ended her pursuit, according to attorneys in the case.

Attorneys said that Deputy Judy Galloway initiated a pursuit after Steven Trujillo, who was driving a truck that had been involved in an earlier wreck, rolled through a stop sign.

When Galloway and her supervisor learned that the truck was only involved in misdemeanor incidents, she stopped the chase. But seconds later, Trujillo slammed into an SUV carrying nine people. The wreck at Rio Bravo and Del Rio SW left Mary Soto, 30, and Elijah Sandoval, 13, dead and others injured. The group was headed to McDonald’s after spending that July 2015 day swimming.


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Deputy not liable for deadly crash