Coroner identifies Las Vegas man who died in I-15 crash Monday

Nevada Highway Patrol investigates a crash where a man died on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, after crashing his pickup into another truck on southbound Interstate 15 near Charleston Boulevard. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye)

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By LAWREN LINEHAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

October 25, 2016 - 7:28 pm

The man killed in a Monday morning crash on southbound Interstate 15 near Charleston Boulevard has been identified by the Clark County coroner as 80-year-old Tosco Houston of Las Vegas.

Houston was driving a red Chevy pickup truck when it struck a red Ford pickup just after 6 a.m, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.

Houston’ s cause of death was blunt force injuries and his death was ruled an accident.

Contact Lawren Linehan at llinehan@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0381. Follow @lawrenlinehan on Twitter.

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