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Blue Diamond Road closed after crash leaves 1 critically hurt

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By Katelyn Newberg

/ Las Vegas Review-Journal

November 8, 2019 - 10:52 pm

One person was critically injured in a crash Friday night on Blue Diamond Road near Mountain Springs, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

The critically injured person was flown to University Medical Center after the two-vehicle crash, according to a Twitter post from the Highway Patrol about 10:40 p.m. Blue Diamond was closed in both directions Friday night.

Further information was not immediately available.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

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