New Mexico Department Of Transportation Worker Fatally Struck By Vehicle In Curry County

CURRY COUNTY — At around 11 a.m., Thursday March 30, the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) investigated a fatal crash on N.M. 209 near milepost 6, north of Clovis. New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) employee Gerald R. Woodard, 58, was fatally struck by a vehicle while he was providing traffic control for a crash involving a semi-tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle being investigated by the Curry County Sheriff’s Department. The initial investigation indicates that NMDOT was providing traffic control around a crash scene using cones, NMDOT trucks with flashing red and blue lights and flags. For reasons still under…