LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State Police shut down a stretch of Interstate 25 in Las Cruces and a hazardous materials team responded Thursday after a rollover crash involving a commercial motor vehicle hauling fuel.
The driver suffered unknown injuries and was transported to an area hospital, police said.
NMSP spokesman Dusty Francisco said the Las Cruces Fire Department’s HAZMAT team was called to assist at about 2 p.m. because diesel and gas were believed to be leaking from the tanker.
Northbound I-25 was closed at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near milepost 26 and I-25 southbound was closed at milepost 32. Northbound traffic was being rerouted onto NM 185 – the old highway to Hatch.
