Clovis man dies after accident

A Clovis man died Tuesday following a single-vehicle accident in Curry County.

According to a news release from Sheriff Wesley Waller:

• At 2:17 p.m. Tuesday, deputies were dispatched to a motor-vehicle crash on Curry Road G, between Curry Roads 7 and 8.

• A 2007 Honda passenger vehicle, driven by Juan Medrano-Nieto, 32, of Clovis, was traveling south on Curry Road G.

• Between Curry Road 7 and Curry Road 8, the vehicle crossed left of center and entered the northbound soft shoulder. The driver then overcorrected, causing the vehicle to cross both lanes of traffic and enter the southbound soft shoulder where it overturned and ejected the driver.

• Medrano-Nieto, who was severely injured, died a short time later at Plains Regional Medical Center.

The investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing, according to the news release.