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By Jonah Dylan / Las Vegas Review-Journal

June 2, 2021 - 2:38 pm

Updated June 2, 2021 - 2:42 pm

A 26-year-old man has been arrested after a wrong-way crash on U.S. Highway 95 that killed two people Saturday.

Juan Cruz-Mexia, of North Las Vegas, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence resulting in death, a felony. He was also charged with one count of driving the wrong way, a misdemeanor.

Investigators believe Cruz-Mexia was driving a Chevrolet Silverado southbound in a northbound lane of U.S. 95 near Rancho Drive at around 8 a.m. when he struck the front of a Toyota pickup truck, according to a Wednesday news release from Nevada Highway Patrol.

Both the driver of the pickup truck, 42-year-old Rodolfo Robledo-Aguilera, and the passenger, 71-year-old Porfirio Robledo Gonzalez, were killed in the crash. They were pronounced dead at the scene.

Cruz-Mexia was taken to University Trauma Center in “serious” condition.

Contact Jonah Dylan at jdylan@reviewjournal.com. Follow @TheJonahDylan on Twitter.

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