NM teen struck, killed in parking lot

Updated: Monday, 28 Dec 2009, 12:01 PM MST
Published : Monday, 28 Dec 2009, 12:01 PM MST

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - A Shiprock teenager has died after being run over by a vehicle in a Farmington parking lot.

Farmington police say they received a call Saturday night about someone being hit by a vehicle in the parking lot of Target.

Officers found 17-year-old Darius Lee had been run over by a pickup truck.

The teen was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center, where he died.

Police say the truck's driver, 21-year-old Adrian Gonzales of Farmington, got into an argument with Lee and another person in the parking lot.

Investigators say Lee tried to hit Gonzales through the open driver's window, but Gonzales accelerated, and Lee was run over by the truck's rear dual wheels.

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NM teen struck, killed in parking lot

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