TATUM, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a Texas man has died in a car crash in southeastern New Mexico.
New Mexico State Police said 24-year-old Ryan Sklencar of McQueeney was declared dead at the scene of the accident Tuesday afternoon in the small town of Tatum.
Sklencar was driving on U.S. 380 near the New Mexico-Texas border when his jeep crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a commercial vehicle, state police said.
Police said the driver of the other vehicle wasn’t injured. They said the fatal crash still is being investigated.