Gamerco pair killed in I-40 rollover crash

New Mexico State Police are investigating a double-fatal accident that occured late Saturday night. According to the NMSP, the driver of this Ford F-250 pickup truck lost control as he was towing a trailer along the westbound lane of Interstate 40. Witnesses report the trailer began to fishtail on the interstate. The driver of the vehicle was unable to recover the out-of-control vehicle as it exited the shoulder of the road and rolled over and embankement. Police say the trailer and truck seperated with the trailer landing in a field off of the embankment. The truck cleared a control fence and landed on its top facing east on Hassler Valley Road. The truck's passenger was not wearing a safety belt and was ejected from the vehicle. The driver, who was wearing his safety belt, was also killed. The names of the driver and passenger were unavailable as of presstime. (Photo by Jeremy Schneider/Independent)

Independent Staff

GALLUP — A Gamerco couple was killed Saturday night when the trailer they where towing disconnected and caused their truck to flip multiple times.

Daniel Roanhorse, 53, and Grace Roanhorse, 51, were towing a flat-bed trailer westbound along Interstate 40 with their 2004 Ford F-250 pick-up truck when the vehicle began to fishtail near Mile Marker 25 at about 11:15 p.m., New Mexico State Police spokesman Jimmy Glascock, said.

Daniel Roanhorse was reportedly in the process of passing another vehicle and was unable to regain control of the truck that swerved onto the roadway's shoulder and flipped multiple times.

One of the individuals, who was not wearing at seatbelt at the time of the accident, was thrown from the vehicle, Glascock said. Both Daniel Roanhorse and Grace Roanhorse were pronounced dead at the scene.

Glascock said the accident is under investigation and it is not known whether speed contributed to the accident. However, alcohol was not a factor, he said.

"It sounds like the driver just lost control of the vehicle from what is being said," Glascock said.

Both the New Mexico State Police and McKinley County Sheriff's Department responded to the accident.