CLOVIS, NM - Police said a man was struck and killed in Clovis last month in what is being labeled as a hit-and-run incident, the Amarillo Globe-News reports.
Police officers and first responders were dispatched to the scene Dec. 30 in a field in the area of 14th Street and Sycamore Street. They arrived at about 12:43 a.m. to find a man who had been injured. The victim, identified as 24-year-old Matthew Gibbs, died after being taken to Plains Regional Medical Center.
Investigators with the police department's Major Crash Team determined that Gibbs had been struck by a driver who left the scene. Anyone with further information on the incident was asked to contact the Clovis Police Department or Curry County Crime Stoppers.
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