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Published: 17 March 2017 17 March 2017

By Roger Lanse

Monday, Mar. 6, at 5:30 p.m., this reporter was told by local volunteer fire and rescue personnel, stationed at the intersection of Yucca Valley Drive and Highway 180 in Arenas Valley, that I could not travel to Santa Clara on Hwy 180 because the eastbound lanes were closed due to a vehicle accident. I was instead re-routed via Racetrack Road to Santa Clara. On my return to Yucca Valley Drive in the open westbound lanes of 180 two hours later, the crash site could be seen in the eastbound lanes about one mile west of Santa Clara.

 

According to a New Mexico State Police information officer, the crash was a rollover involving a pickup and a 27G