ISU Students Injured in New Mexico while on Spring Break

Several students on spring break in New Mexico. While driving the car in which they were all riding hit the median, rolled over, ejecting four of the six passengers. The young man who died was from Carlisle.

Stories reported at the Iowa State University news, the Record Herald and the Indianola Tribune and the Interceder. A check of the Department of New Mexico Transportation website did not reveal that state makes its crash reports public.

Parents may contact the NM-DOT in one of the following ways to obtain the actual State Troopers report of the crash.

Traffic Safety Bureau

     Programs and Infrastructure Division

     New Mexico Department of Transportation

     Michael Sandoval, Chief

     P.O. Box 1149

     604 West San Mateo

     Santa Fe, New Mexico  87504-1149

     Phone: (505) 827-0427

     FAX: (505) 827-0431

     Email: Tammy.Martinez@state.nm.us

     Email: Michael.Sandoval@state.nm.us

After you get a copy of the report you will need the code sheet to understand what it means. That code sheet is formally titled "Crash Classification And Analysis". I've downloaded the code sheet and it is offered by following this link to the resources page on the Lombardi Law Firm site.

The young man that died in the crash was Tyler Danielson of Carlisle, Iowa. Those involved are listed as

The injured include:

• Anand Patel, 18, of India, a former Iowa State student who recently transferred to Oklahoma City Community College;
  
  

  Jiahui Liu, age unknown, of China, who has been enrolled at Iowa State as a non-degree seeking student since fall 2009;

  Peng Bao, 20, of China, freshman in electrical engineering at Iowa State;

  Wei Feng, 22, of China, graduate student in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology at Iowa State; and

  Christina Cole, 22, of Perry, Iowa.