Two charged after Friday evening car crash
Apr. 27—The intersection of Richards Avenue and Cerrillos Road was closed for hours Friday evening after a woman suspected of driven a stolen Ford Escape crashed into a minivan.
Two police officers were dispatched to the Savers Thrift Store off of Cerrillos around 6:30 p.m. Friday after a woman called saying she saw her stolen Ford Escape in the parking lot, said Santa Fe Police Capt. Bryan Martinez.
The car left the parking lot and turned right onto Richards Avenue "just after" officers located the car and then collided with a minivan carrying three passengers near the intersection with Cerrillos, Martinez said.
No one suffered major injuries from the accident, but one child in the minivan was transported to a local hospital for X-rays "as a precaution" after she said her ribs and head hurt, Martinez said.
Police arrested two people in the Ford Escape.
The driver, 30-year-old Manuia Perrier, was charged with receiving a stolen car for the second time, a felony, as well as aggravated fleeing police, great bodily injury by a car, knowingly leaving the scene of an accident with great bodily harm, failing to render aid and failing to give immediate notice of an accident.
The passenger, 43-year-old Jose Gallegos, was charged with resisting or obstructing an officer, a misdemeanor.
Both Perrier and Gallegos had outstanding warrants for their arrest, Martinez said.
