Overview
- Deputies found a single white BMW around 2:30 a.m. Saturday in a Town of Mesilla park near a water fountain with the driver inside.
- Traffic investigators say the car failed to negotiate a curve on Calle De El Paso near Calle Pacana, struck a curb, went airborne and overturned three times.
- Officials identified the sole occupant as David Leyva, an Albuquerque resident and Jersey Mike’s franchise owner, who was not wearing a seatbelt.
- Life-saving measures were attempted at the scene before a Medical Examiner investigator took custody of the body for transfer to the Albuquerque Office of Medical Examiners.
- Toxicology results will be provided to investigators, and the formal crash investigation by the Mesilla Marshal’s Office remains active.