Girls killed by DWI driver ID'd

Investigators examine the damaged car of a suspect in a double fatality on New Mexico Highway 264 in Yatahey on Friday. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

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Gallup Independent
By Phil Stake
Staff writer

YATAHEY — Police have identified the victims of a fatal accident Friday at the junction of U.S. Highway 491 and N.M. Highway 264.

Nicole “Nikki” Smith, 18, of Navajo, N.M., was pronounced dead at the scene Thursday; Valaunia “Erin” Curley, 20, of Fort Defiance, died hours later at Gallup Indian Medical Center.

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