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Arizona Woman Dies In Car Crash Near Las Cruces

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State Police say an Arizona woman has died and four were injured in a multiple-car crash in Dona Ana County.

Authorities say a commercial vehicle eastbound on Interstate 10 near Las Cruces on Saturday around 6 p.m. rear-ended a passenger vehicle.

The passenger car then struck the back of a flatbed of another commercial vehicle.

The first commercial vehicle continued traveling east but struck another car, causing a chain reaction that led to three more cars getting hit.

Police say 43-year-old Mary Ortega of Maricopa was pronounced dead. Two victims were airlifted to an El Paso, Texas, hospital. An additional two people were taken to the hospital by ground. Their conditions are not known.