Car strikes NHP vehicle in Las Vegas, driver facing DUI charges
Updated August 13, 2025 - 9:12 am
A driver suspected of DUI struck an occupied Nevada Highway Patrol unit that was involved investigating an earlier two-vehicle crash Tuesday night in the south Las Vegas Valley.
The crash occurred just before 11:45 p.m. on southbound Interstate 15 near the 215 Beltway, according to an NHP release. The suspect ignored traffic control that was in place for the earlier crash near a construction zone in this same area.
The trooper inside the struck patrol vehicle was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver who fled was located and arrested for suspected DUI, police say.
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