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Teenager dies in rollover
By Heath Haussamen
Oct 6, 2005, 07:30 am
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A Las Cruces teen died Monday after a rollover accident last week that police say was caused by a drunken driver.
Erika Chavarria, 18, was pronounced dead at Thomason Hospital, according to a news release from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Department. She was a passenger in a vehicle leaving the Southern New Mexico State Fair Thursday night when the driver lost control.
The driver, 20-year-old Jeffrey Nieto of Las Cruces, remains jailed at the Doña Ana County Detention Center on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Sheriff’s Deputy Natalie Williams said investigators are awaiting tests and don’t yet know his blood-alcohol level.
She did not know if Chavarria and the other passenger in the vehicle, 21-year-old Jeffrey Williams, had been drinking.
The trio left the fair about 11 p.m. Thursday, headed east in a 2004 Nissan pickup truck on Robert Larsen Boulevard. The sheriff’s spokeswoman said Nieto was “driving too fast” and lost control.
The truck cleared the fence separating the road from Interstate 10, rolling several times and ejecting all three before coming to rest near the highway.
None of the three were wearing seat belts, the release states. Nieto suffered cuts and bruises. Williams broke an arm and suffered cuts and bruises.
Chavarria, who was sitting on Williams’ lap, suffered massive head trauma.
The accident remains under investigation and further charges are pending against Nieto, the release states.
Obituaries
ERIKA LYNETTE CHAVARRIA, age 18, of Las Cruces, entered eternal life Tuesday, October 4, 2005 in El Paso, Texas, as the result of an automobile accident. She was born in Las Cruces August 2, 1987 to Roddie Chavarria and Norma Sauceda Castaneda.
Survivors include her parents; two brothers, Anthony Castaneda and companion Jennifer, and Roddie Chavarria; one sister, Veronica Chavarria; one nephew, Damian Castaneda all of Las Cruces. Other survivors include her maternal grandmother, Virginia Sauceda; her god-parents, Bobby and Sylvia Parra, as well as special cousins, Martin and Paula Montez and family; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Raymundo Sauceda and her paternal grandparents, Savas and Leonarda Chavarria.
Calling hours for Erika will held from 6 to 7 PM Friday, October 7, 2005 in Baca’s Chapel of Prayer, 300 E. Boutz Road, where the Prayer Vigil will begin at 7 PM. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 AM Saturday, October 8, 2005 in Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine and Parish, 3600 Parroquia St. in Tortugas with the Reverend Don Adamski, Celebrant. The Rite of Committal and Interment will follow in San Albino Cemetery in Mesilla where she will be laid to rest.
Serving as casket bearers will be Andy Sauceda, Bobby Parra, Jr., Anthony Castaneda, Roddie Chavarria, Jr., Martin Montez, Arlando Legarrette, Joshua Lee Chavarria and Antonio Medrano.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Baca’s Funeral Chapels, 300 E. Boutz Road, Las Cruces. 527-2222
By Heath Haussamen
Oct 6, 2005, 07:30 am
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A Las Cruces teen died Monday after a rollover accident last week that police say was caused by a drunken driver.
Erika Chavarria, 18, was pronounced dead at Thomason Hospital, according to a news release from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Department. She was a passenger in a vehicle leaving the Southern New Mexico State Fair Thursday night when the driver lost control.
The driver, 20-year-old Jeffrey Nieto of Las Cruces, remains jailed at the Doña Ana County Detention Center on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Sheriff’s Deputy Natalie Williams said investigators are awaiting tests and don’t yet know his blood-alcohol level.
She did not know if Chavarria and the other passenger in the vehicle, 21-year-old Jeffrey Williams, had been drinking.
The trio left the fair about 11 p.m. Thursday, headed east in a 2004 Nissan pickup truck on Robert Larsen Boulevard. The sheriff’s spokeswoman said Nieto was “driving too fast” and lost control.
The truck cleared the fence separating the road from Interstate 10, rolling several times and ejecting all three before coming to rest near the highway.
None of the three were wearing seat belts, the release states. Nieto suffered cuts and bruises. Williams broke an arm and suffered cuts and bruises.
Chavarria, who was sitting on Williams’ lap, suffered massive head trauma.
The accident remains under investigation and further charges are pending against Nieto, the release states.
Obituaries
ERIKA LYNETTE CHAVARRIA, age 18, of Las Cruces, entered eternal life Tuesday, October 4, 2005 in El Paso, Texas, as the result of an automobile accident. She was born in Las Cruces August 2, 1987 to Roddie Chavarria and Norma Sauceda Castaneda.
Survivors include her parents; two brothers, Anthony Castaneda and companion Jennifer, and Roddie Chavarria; one sister, Veronica Chavarria; one nephew, Damian Castaneda all of Las Cruces. Other survivors include her maternal grandmother, Virginia Sauceda; her god-parents, Bobby and Sylvia Parra, as well as special cousins, Martin and Paula Montez and family; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Raymundo Sauceda and her paternal grandparents, Savas and Leonarda Chavarria.
Calling hours for Erika will held from 6 to 7 PM Friday, October 7, 2005 in Baca’s Chapel of Prayer, 300 E. Boutz Road, where the Prayer Vigil will begin at 7 PM. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 AM Saturday, October 8, 2005 in Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine and Parish, 3600 Parroquia St. in Tortugas with the Reverend Don Adamski, Celebrant. The Rite of Committal and Interment will follow in San Albino Cemetery in Mesilla where she will be laid to rest.
Serving as casket bearers will be Andy Sauceda, Bobby Parra, Jr., Anthony Castaneda, Roddie Chavarria, Jr., Martin Montez, Arlando Legarrette, Joshua Lee Chavarria and Antonio Medrano.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Baca’s Funeral Chapels, 300 E. Boutz Road, Las Cruces. 527-2222