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Published: 10 August 2017 10 August 2017

Road Forks,NM/Hidalgo County

Yesterday, August 9, 2017 around 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State Police Officers responded to a crash on I-10 eastbound near mile post 6 involving a commercial motor vehicle and a 2015 Dodge pick-up towing a travel trailer.

Information at the scene indicates that Mr. John Hickman (62) of Livingston Texas and Mrs. Arlene Matthews (68) also of Livingston, Texas were driving east on I-10 near mile post 6 in a dust storm with limited visibility, when their vehicle rear-ended a commercial motor vehicle which had slowed due to the weather.

Mrs. Matthews sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the the scene, Mr. Hickman sustained serious injuries and was flown from the scene to a Tucson Trauma Center.

This crash is still under investigation with no further information available at this time.