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Las Cruces police and firefighters were dispatched to the report of a vehicle underneath a semitractor-trailer in the westbound lanes of traffic near where the southbound I-25 off-ramp meets Main Street. Witnesses reported the driver of a Nissan Altima stuck inside the Altima and the vehicle pinned underneath the semitrailer.
Firefighters extracted the 21-year-old driver who was the sole occupant of the Altima. He was airlifted to University Medical Center of El Paso. His injuries are critical but considered to be non-life-threatening.
Traffic investigators determined the commercial motor vehicle, a Freightliner semitractor-trailer, was heading east on Main Street and in the process of making a U-turn into the westbound lanes of traffic. At that time, the Nissan Altima was heading west on Main Street. The Altima collided with the commercial motor vehicle in the westbound lanes of traffic and became lodged between the Mansfield Bar and the rear wheels of the semitrailer.