A New Mexico man is accused of having sex while driving drunk and crashing his SUV - causing the woman to be thrown from the vehicle.

Police arrested the man late Monday after they found him hiding in a cactus, while the woman was found naked outside the SUV, the Albuquerque Journal reports. She was taken to hospital with deep cuts on her head and face.

The man allegedly attempted to flee the scene in his SUV and leave the woman behind, but a witness grabbed the keys from the ignition.

Luis Briones, 25, faces charges of impaired driving, wreckless driving and evading police.