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Monday, November 16, 2009

Around New Mexico


Journal and Wire Reports
          Police ID Man Who Died From Trauma
        Police identified a man who died Saturday from blunt trauma as Joseph Gallegos, Albuquerque Police Department spokeswoman Nadine Hamby said Sunday.
        Gallegos was found unconscious and bleeding early Saturday morning at the Rock Creek Apartments in Northeast Albuquerque.
        A neighbor told police he heard yelling near the apartment. Police were called around 2 a.m. when the victim was seen bleeding at his doorstep. The man was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital, where he died.
        Woman, Daughter Killed in I-40 Crash
        A woman and her daughter were killed in a head-on collision with a semitrailer-truck near Grants on Sunday morning, State Police said.
        Oneyda Sanchez, 34, and Oriana Sanchez-Madrid, 16, of Phoenix were killed when Sanchez's 2000 Kia crossed the median from the westbound lane of Interstate 40. State Police said Sanchez was driving too fast for the wintry conditions. When she reached the eastbound lanes, she was hit head-on by the truck. A 13-year-old passenger in the Kia was airlifted and listed in critical condition at University of New Mexico Hospital. The truck driver was checked at a hospital and released.
        Marker Honors N.M. Veterans of Battle
        Nine New Mexicans who died during a fierce 77-day battle in Vietnam in 1968 have been honored with a historic marker on N.M. 124 between Laguna and Acomita.
        The marker, placed at mile marker 16.5 on the state highway next to Interstate 40, was dedicated the day before Veterans Day to honor those who died in the Battle of Khe Sanh, according to a state Department of Transportation official. The battle claimed the lives of 730 U.S. troops and wounded 2,642.
        Those named on the marker are Marine Cpl. Carlos C. Aguirre, Silver City; Army Capt. Edmund D. Bilbrey, Albuquerque; Marine Cpl. James L. Foster, Roswell; Army Staff Sgt. Robert L. Graham, Roswell; Marine Cpl. David C. Grijalva, Santa Rita; Marine Lance Cpl. John A. Le Compte, Albuquerque; Marine Pfc. Stephen Orosco, Tularosa; Marine Cpl. Bobby A. Taylor, Silver City; and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ronald D. Whitlow, Albuquerque.
       

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