5 Killed in Pileup in New Mexico
Associated Press
SANTA ROSA, N.M. —
Wind-fanned smoke and flame from a fire at a railroad construction site swept across Interstate 40 on Friday, triggering a fiery 14-vehicle pileup that killed five people and injured an undetermined number of others.
“It could take days to identify the victims,” state police Maj. Faron Segotta said. Most of the vehicles were crushed together in a massive, smoldering pile. Several were still burning five hours after the crash, Segotta said.
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