CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – The Clovis Police Department says a motorcycle driver was killed just after 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of 7th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Officers say when they arrived, they found an SUV in the intersection and a motorcycle on the ground. They found 18-year-old Alex Casanova on the ground in front of the SUV. He was taken to Plains Regional Medical Center but died from his injuries.
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Clovis Police have not released the name of the driver but say they are cooperating with the investigation.