4 dead in NM highway accidents

Posted at: 09/17/2009 5:32 PM
By: The Associated Press

State police say two men died Thursday after a semitrailer pulling two trailers tipped over on U.S. 285 south of Vaughn and a driver hit the truck.

The semi's driver died at the scene and the driver of the car died at a Roswell hospital. Police are withholding their names until their relatives are notified.

Isabel Lomeli, 53, of Dexter died Thursday in a separate single-vehicle accident on N.M. 249 near Hagerman after her car left the roadway.

State police say a Texas woman riding a motorcycle died Wednesday after hitting a guardrail on U.S. 70 in Lincoln County.

Barbara Wilson, 42, of Midland died at a Roswell hospital.

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