Pecos man dies in rollover

A 19-year-old Pecos man was killed Friday night in a rollover crash on Interstate 20.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Christopher E. Ortiz was driving a Ford Explorer west on I-20 when it veered into the center median, went into a skid and rolled seven miles west of Barstow.

Ortiz, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened around 10:15 p.m.