On July 8, 2017 around 11:00 pm, New Mexico State Police officers investigated a fatal crash on US 62/180 near mile post 63, between Hobbs and Carlsbad. The crash was a single-vehicle rollover. Officers arrived on scene and discovered that Elva Morales, 45, of Compton, CA, had passed away due to being ejected during the crash. Officers learned that there were five occupants in the vehicle.
Evidence at the scene indicated the vehicle was traveling westbound on US 62/180 when the vehicle drifted off the roadway and rolled. Officers reported that none of the five occupants were wearing seatbelts. Ms. Morales was pronounced deceased on scene. All other occupants were transported for non-life-threatening injuries.
Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in this crash.
(News release from the New Mexico State Police)