Las Vegas Boulevard near Russell reopens after truck crash
A semitrailer overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road, shutting down southbound lanes, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A semitrailer overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road, shutting down southbound lanes, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A semitrailer overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road, shutting down southbound lanes, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A semitrailer overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road, shutting down southbound lanes, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Screenshot/RTC Fast Cameras)
A semitrailer overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road, shutting down southbound lanes, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A semitrailer overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road, shutting down southbound lanes, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Metro Police officers investigate a crash after a semitrailer overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road on Thursday Jan. 18, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Metro Police officers investigate a crash after a semitrailer overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road on Thursday Jan. 18, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A semitrailer driver is questioned by a police officer at the scene of an accident where his truck overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road on Thursday Jan. 18, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Metro Police officers investigate a crash after a semitrailer overturned on Las Vegas Boulevard South at Russell Road on Thursday Jan. 18, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Updated January 18, 2018 - 1:12 pm
A portion of Las Vegas Boulevard South was blocked off Thursday morning after a semitrailer flipped over near Russell Road.
The crash was called in just before 7:30 a.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s traffic site. The semitrailer was on its side and blocking southbound lanes.
The Regional Transportation Commission reported at 12:30 p.m. that all but the left southbound lanes have reopened.
Just drove past a flipped semi blocking Las Vegas Boulevard at Russel. Police are redirecting traffic off the boulevard and onto Russell #RJnow pic.twitter.com/poVuEqmVe6
— Max Michor (@MaxMichor) January 18, 2018
