New Mexico police officer, civilian killed in crash during chase for kidnapping suspect, authorities say

A New Mexico peace officer and an uninvolved driver were killed Wed when they crashed into the vehicle of a seizure suspect throughout a throughway chase in Santa Fe, per authorities.

The crash, that occurred Wednesday morning on interstate 25, concerned 2 Santa Fe patrol units, the fleeing vehicle, and an uninvolved vehicle, the Santa Fe local department wrote in an exceedingly news release. "A Santa Fe peace officer and an uninvolved motorist died within the crash," the department said. "The names won't be free till next of kin is notified." Police received a decision around eleven a.m., concerning a seizure current at the Rancho Vizcaya flats within the city. a person armed with a knife took a vehicle that was occupied by a woman, police said. Around 11:15 a.m., police noticed a vehicle in the space that belonged to the potential suspect, the discharge stated. Officers tried to prevent the vehicle, however the driving force fled onto interstate 25, traveling northward in the southward traffic. "Between the recent Pecos River path exit and also the imaginary place Exit, the driver got on to the northward lane of traffic traveling southbound," police same. "A crash occurred at Mile Marker 286 within the northbound lane." when the crash, the lady in the fleeing vehicle managed to induce out and was transported to a neighborhood hospital, per the release. Police are still finding out the seizure suspect. a girl who witnessed the crash said she was driving on I-25 when a white vehicle came straight at her "with cop cars behind it." according to the Santa Fe New Mexican. "He was still going incorrectly," the unidentified witness told the paper. "The next factor I see there was vehicles everywhere, as well as cop cars, and smoke everywhere." Following the crash, interstate twenty five and recent city road were closed to car and pedestrian traffic, police said.

AlertSantaFe: I 25 and Old Las Vegas Hwy is closed due to police activity. Please avoid the area and seek alternative routes.

— Santa Fe PD (@santafepolice) March 2, 2022

Multiple agencies were on scene and space residents were suggested to remain in their homes throughout the hunting for the suspect, police added.