MOUNTAINAIR, NM - Authorities shut down a stretch of Highway 60 west of Mountainair following a motor vehicle accident Friday morning.
In a Facebook post, the Valencia County Fire Department said an air ambulance sustained minor damage in a secondary accident while responding to the original crash and needed to be towed from the scene.
The initial accident involved a semi-truck and a pickup truck. A report by KOB said the medical helicopter had arrived to take the pickup truck driver to the hospital. At about 8:50 a.m., a semi-truck had a brake failure, went through a roadblock and hit one of the rotor blades on the helicopter. No one was injured in the second incident.
The pickup driver was transported to a hospital by an ambulance.
Highway 60 was closed in both directions just east of Highway 47 and drivers were advised to expect a prolonged road closure. New Mexico State Police are investigating the incident.
