RUIDOSO – On June 4, 2024, at around 9:50 p.m., the New Mexico State Police was requested by the Ruidoso Police Department to respond to a head-on collision near 1408 Mechem Drive.
The initial investigation indicated that a 2020 Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Jadyn Wyatt Mow, 22, of Nogal, was traveling north on Mechem, and a 2002 Subaru passenger car driven by George S. Fitzgibbon, 46, of Ruidoso, was traveling south on Mechem. The Dodge Ram crossed the center line into opposing traffic and struck the Subaru head-on. Mr. Fitzgibbon suffered fatal injuries in the collision and was pronounced deceased on the scene by the Office of the Medical Investigator.
State Police officers determined that Mow was driving his vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. After being treated for minor injuries, he was booked into the Lincoln County Detention Center and charged with DWI, resulting in Great Bodily Harm or Death.
The New Mexico State Police Uniform Bureau is investigating this incident with assistance from the New Mexico State Police Vehicular Crimes Unit.