RZR-Ville / Outlaw Desert Racing Emergency Accident Victim Fundraiser
100% of the funds donated will be presented to the family.
CRUSH THE 20K GOAL!
Sunday December 19, come out to RZR-Ville at 10AM and help us raise money for the family of a very tragic senseless event.
Food Trucks Raffle Prizes Blind Mate driving game Cornhole (if we can get teams gathered up) Horseshoe (if anyone wants to get teams let us know asap!
Directions to RZR-Ville- Take Southern Blvd in Rio Rancho west to the end of the pavement. Turn left on 39th st (signs will be posted). Event starts at 10am.
News story copied from KRQE Channel 13 in Albuquerque New Mexico 12-13-2021-
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is still searching for the hit-and-run driver nearly a day after a deadly crash right outside the River of Lights. A seven-year-old boy was killed and his father seriously hurt by a red light runner as they were crossing the street.
Locals are frustrated that more isn’t known about the driver or the vehicle at this point. “Nobody can come up with the color of the car, what kind it was. And there was a lot of people there. They had to have seen it,” Melinda Methvin of Albuquerque said.
APD said a family of four was in the crosswalk with the walk sign, heading back to their car at the Tingley Beach lot around 8:30 p.m. That’s when the driver of a four-person ATV blew through the red light.
Police say the boy was dragged and died on scene. The father is expected to recover. On Monday, APD released snapshots of the vehicle involved that fled westbound on Central after the crash. It’s described as gray or dark-colored with no windshield and no license plate.
APD also said officers have noticed more and more ATV-type vehicles driving dangerously on Central on the weekends in recent weeks.
“I just think that’s so tragic, one: because they didn’t stick around to take accountability for it. You know, accidents happen but that you didn’t stay,” said Susan Brown, another Albuquerque resident.
APD said they had officers working overtime inside the River of Lights at the time of the crash who then came out to help but none doing traffic control at the very busy event. It’s unclear if they plan to now.
Anyone with information is urged to call 505-242-COPS. APD has not yet released the name of the boy who was killed.