SANTA FE, NM - A single-vehicle accident near Santa Fe left one person dead and another injured, reports the Santa Fe New Mexican.
The crash took place Saturday evening on Paseo de River near a frontage road off New Mexico 599 at about 7:17 p.m. According to the Santa Fe Sheriff's Office, the driver of a pickup truck approached a sharp right-hand curve, applied the brakes hard and went off the roadway.
The driver, identified as 31-year-old Julio Olivarria Gamboa, suffered fatal injuries. A woman who was a passenger in the vehicle was transported to an area hospital, and was listed in critical but stable condition.
The cause of the wreck remains under investigation.