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Tuesday, July 28, 1998
IN BRIEF
Two people killed
in Interstate 15 crash
A 17-year-old driver who tried to pass a semi-trailer truck in the median of Interstate 15 Monday lost control and two people died after his car flipped several times.
Trooper Scott Flabi, Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman, said the 17-year-old driver survived, but a woman seated next to him and a man seated in the back seat were killed. An 11-year-old passenger in the back seat also survived. Conditions of the driver and the other survivor were not available.
Flabi said felony reckless driving charges may be filed against the driver.
The 1:56 p.m. accident occurred as the 17-year-old drove south on I-15 in the far left lane. Flabi said a semi-trailer truck pulled in front of the teen-age driver to pass slower vehicles on the right.
In response, the 17-year-old pulled into the angled dirt median and tried to pass the truck. According to Flabi, he drove at an estimated 85 mph for about 300 feet before starting to lose control. When the driver tried to regain control and get back onto the road, he flipped three times, Flabi said.
The car ended up in the northbound lanes of I-15.
The names of the people involved were not immediately available.
City, council to hire
attorneys for lawsuits
The Las Vegas City Council agreed Monday to hire outside counsel to defend itself and Councilman Gary Reese against charges of sexual harassment.
Reese abstained from a 4-0 vote to hire attorney Richard Segerblom to defend the councilman in a federal lawsuit filed July 16 by Virginia Hernandez. A former City Council liaison under Reese's direction, Hernandez claims she was demoted last year after she complained to city officials about Reese's unwanted advances.
Segerblom is the husband of city Neighborhood Services Director Sharon Segerblom.
Hernandez also named the city of Las Vegas as a defendant. The law firm Kamer & Zucker will represent the city.
Also Monday, the city voted 4-0 to hire the firm Rawlings, Olson and Cannon to defend itself against lawsuits by several sexually oriented businesses.
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