{"id":441433,"date":"2026-09-19T22:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T22:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441433\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T22:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T22:26:08","slug":"las-cruces-man-critically-hurt-after-mercedes-hits-parked-truck-speed-alcohol-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441433\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Cruces man critically hurt after Mercedes hits parked truck; speed, alcohol suspected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS CRUCES, N.M. \u2014 A 22-year-old man is in critical condition after a crash early Saturday morning in Las Cruces.<\/p>\n<p>According to Las Cruces police, the crash happened shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sept. 19 on the 1600 block of East May Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver of a 2014 Mercedes-Benz C-Class was traveling eastbound when the vehicle went onto the south sidewalk, hitting a sign and mailbox. The Mercedes then crossed the roadway and crashed head-on into a parked, unoccupied Ford F-350.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe excessive speed and alcohol may have contributed to the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, who police believe was not wearing a seatbelt, was partially ejected through the windshield. He was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to University Medical Center of El Paso, where he remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:<a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/socorro-police-arrest-man-after-barricaded-standoff-tied-to-family-violence-call?scr=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Socorro police arrest man after barricaded standoff tied to family violence call<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS CRUCES, N.M. \u2014 A 22-year-old man is in critical condition after a crash early Saturday morning in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-441433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}