Victims were identified in a New Mexico highway crash involving an El Paso-Los Angeles Limousine Express passenger bus headed to El Paso from Denver.
New Mexico authorities Wednesday identified the victims killed in a multivehicle crash involving a commercial passenger bus traveling from Denver to El Paso.
The Sandoval County Sheriff's Office reported that three women died in Sunday's accident on Interstate 25 north of Bernalillo, N.M.
Those killed were identified as Maria Delosangeles, 65, of Denver; Olga Hernandes de Grajeda, 58, of Rocky Ford, Colo., and Maria Dolores Orrantia Camacho, 70, of Loveland, Colo.
A Sheriff's Office news release stated that all three women were originally from Mexico, with Hernandes de Grajeda and Camacho both being from Chihuahua.
Three of four victims who were hospitalized in critical condition have been upgraded, but the fourth person still is critical, the Sheriff's Office said.
Sandoval County Sheriff's Office officials said that 35 people were on the bus operated by El Paso-Los Angeles Limousine Express.
The collision occurred around 2 a.m. about 18 miles north of Albuquerque.
Sandoval County sheriff's officials had said that one of the people killed was in a car that hit a pickup from behind.
The bus driver swerved to avoid hitting the crashed car and its driver, who had been ejected. The bus driver then lost control and the bus rolled onto its side before it was hit by a semitruck.
The Sheriff's Office said that all bus passengers have been transported to their destinations.
Daniel Borunda may be reached at 546-6102; dborunda@elpasotimes.com; @BorundaDaniel on Twitter. The Associated Press contributed to this report.