NHP troopers respond to 3 wrong-way crashes in 4-day stretch

The Nevada Highway Patrol said it responded to three wrong-way crashes in a four-day stretch last week on Las Vegas Valley roads.

Since Wednesday morning NHP has responded to 3 wrong way driver calls, 2 involving injury crashes and one who was stopped before they caused a crash. These wrong ways had 2 things in common, alcohol and being in the heart of Las Vegas. We all share these roads, drive responsibly! pic.twitter.com/V6tyNE8t6o

— NHP Southern Command (@NHPSouthernComm) May 10, 2020

A tweet from the NHP Southern Command said that from Wednesday morning through early Sunday NHP responded to “three wrong way driver calls, two involving injury crashes and one who was stopped before they caused a crash.”

Specific locations and times weren’t listed. However, NHP said all of the incidents involved motorists charged with driving under the influence.

This stretch underscores a persistent public safety problem. As of February, NHP had responded to 101 wrong-way calls across the state: 57 in Southern Nevada and 44 in Northern Nevada. In 2019, a string of wrong-way crashes throughout the valley killed seven people.

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