By Roger Lanse

Grant County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a reported single car crash near 4412 Highway 15, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at about 12:04 a.m. When officers arrived, according to a GCSO release, they found the driver outside the vehicle resting against a tree. He had been ejected through the windshield. He was the only occupant of the vehicle. The driver was identified as Daniel Audon Lopez, 24, of Bayard. EMS personnel from Gila Regional Medical Center attempted life-saving measures, the release said, but he died from his injuries later at GRMC.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.