Three collisions were investigated by Holbrook police officers during the period of Jan. 22-28, according to dispatcher reports.
At 4:05 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, a two vehicle, non-injury collision occurred on Navajo Blvd., at Joy Nevin Avenue. The vehicles involved were a white Dodge Ram 3500 driven by Thomas Catero, 61, of Holbrook, and a black Toyota Avalon driven by Ernie Neff, 46, of Joseph City. According to the report, Neff was traveling south on Navajo Blvd., when a vehicle in front of him braked hard to make a turn onto Joy Nevin Avenue. Neff was able to stop to avoid a collision but the vehicle behind him driven by Catero was unable to stop and collided with Neff. Both vehicles sustained damage and no citation was noted.
At 11:53 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, a vehicle versus pedestrian collision occurred in the 2400 block of Navajo Blvd. The vehicle involved was driven by Ruby Bia, 61, of Ganado. According to the report, Bia was traveling north on Navajo Blvd., when her vehicle struck Justin Montijo, 21, of Holbrook, who had run out into the street in front of the vehicle. Montijo was declared deceased at the scene. Bia was tended to by EMS due to the shock of what had occurred.
At 4:37 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, a two-vehicle collision with injuries occurred in the 1600 block of Navajo Blvd. The vehicles involved were a silver Nissan Titan driven by Lilly Lord, 74, of Sun Valley, with a 12-year-old boy as a passenger and a white Chrysler Pacifica driven by Abrian Roanhorse, 18, of Chinle, with passenger Ezabelle Salazar, 18, of Holbrook. According to the report, Lord was exiting a private drive, entered onto Navajo Blvd., crossing the southbound lanes to travel north and was struck by Roanhorse, who was traveling south on Navajo Blvd. Lord was cited for failure to yield to avoid a collision.
