APD: 1 person dead after crashing into ditch

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police found a car submerged in a southeast Albuquerque ditch Friday morning.

Albuquerque police officers responded, around 10 a.m. Friday, to a report of a vehicle crash near Avenida Cesar Chavez and Langham S.E., near I-25.

Police found a vehicle submerged in a nearby ditch. The driver was pronounced dead.

No further details are available at this time. Police said drugs may have been a factor in the crash but an investigation is still ongoing.

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