NEW MEXICO (KTSM) - A criminal complaint obtained by KTSM names a New Mexico woman who was charged in a fatal crash that claimed the lives of two children and left a third person injured Sunday evening.

Christina Escobedo-Arriaga, 33, of Mesilla Park, was allegedly behind the wheel of a purple 2007 Dodge Charger when it crashed into an electric pole at 6:49 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10, near 8100 New Mexico Highway 478 in Vado. The collision reportedly threw two children from the vehicle. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Monday morning, the Gadsden Independent School District announced it was mourning the loss of a Gadsden High School student who died over the weekend. The student, a ninth grader, was part of the GHS community alongside an older sibling, who is currently an 11th-grade

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