Santa Fe Sheriff seeks solution to wrong-way drivers

DUTY. A WOMAN CLINGS TO LIFE AFTER A CRASH-- WHILE TRYING TO AVOID A WRONG-WAY DRIVER. NOW T...  More »

DUTY. A WOMAN CLINGS TO LIFE AFTER A CRASH-- WHILE TRYING TO AVOID A WRONG-WAY DRIVER. NOW THE SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF IS ASKING THE STATE TO DO SOMETHING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM DRIVING THE WRONG WAY ON ONE STRETCH OF I-25. RAY SEVA HAS THE STORY FROM SANTA FE. OUTCUE: 'EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR' 22-YEAR OLD ANGELINA CANO OF SANTA FE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT AFTER SHE WAS EJECTED FROM THIS CAR SHE WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON I-25 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. 750-757 ' I was in the slow lane, and she passed me in the passing lane. And that's where the car was coming on , in the passing lane.' RUDY VIGIL SAYS IT WAS A RED CAR THAT CAME BARRELING DOWN THE WRONG WAY--HEADING STRAIGHT FOR CANO. 715-722 'She tried to correct and get into the other lane. But she lost control, and went up the hill and started flipping.' THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED LESS THAN A MILE FROM WHERE--LAST NOVEMBER-- DANA PAPST DROVE DRUNK THE WRONG WAY AFTER MAKING AN ILLEGAL U-TURN IN THE MEDIAN. HE SLAMMED INTO A MINIVAN KILLING FIVE MEMBERS OF A LAS VEGAS FAMILY AND HIMSELF. INVESTIGATORS SAY AFTER SUNDAY'S CRASH, THE SUSPECT QUICKLY CUT THROUGH THE MEDIAN-- TO ESCAPE. 120-128 'We are going under the assumption that the vehicle went onto the roadway possibly at the Eldorado entrance, which is right down the road.' INVESTIGATORS THINK THE DRIVER MADE A LEFT-TURN FROM HIGHWAY 285...ONTO THE I-25 OFF-RAMP. THE SHERIFF SAYS HE WANTS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BUILD A PERMANENT MEDIAN TO CUT-OFF ACCESS TO FUTURE WRONG-WAY DRIVERS. IN SANTA FERS, EWN-4. SHERIFF SOLANO SAYS THEY'VE TICKETED SEVERAL DRIVERS THIS YEAR WHO'VE INADVERTANTLY MADE A SIMILAR WRONG TURN BUT WERE STOPPED BEFORE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY BY DEPUTIES WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE  « Less