A man and woman were ejected and died near Boulder City early Sunday, said the Nevada Highway Patrol.
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The fatal crash occurred between Goodsprings and Interstate 15, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a semi-truck and a car that left a woman and two children dead northeast of the Las Vegas Valley.
The death was the eighth fatality this year in the Nevada Highway Patrol’s Southern Command.
Road work includes a median repair, cleaning out drainage culverts and several miles of shoulder repair in both directions.
There are signs the shoulder lane on the California side might be working, but heading south remained no speedy process on a holiday weekend.
The lane sits on the shoulder of southbound Interstate 15 near the Nevada-California border.
A 12-mile backup leading into Primm on I-15 was reported by the Regional Transpiration Commission.
The Nevada Department of Transportation released a video showing crews working on Interstate 15 at Tropicana Avenue while it was closed last month.
Early Monday afternoon, traffic was backed up 12 miles on the way out of Las Vegas to California.
The Nevada Highway Patrol and California Highway Patrol are joining forces to enforce the rules of the road on I-15 near the state line.
The reopening of the roads connecting Beatty to Death Valley National Park follow severe flooding that destroyed roads in the park in August.
The department says weekday walk-in services are being eliminated in response to sustained staff shortages and high customer demand.