Two men killed in U.S. Highway 95 head-on collision
A pickup headed north in the southbound lane of U.S. Highway 95 collided with another pickup Friday afternoon in northern Clark County, killing both drivers, a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper said.
Trooper Loy Hixson said the head-on collision occurred between the Mount Charleston and Lee Canyon turnoffs and was reported at 3:53 p.m.
“They practically went nose to nose with each other,” Hixson said. Rescuers were on scene late Friday, extricating the bodies from the wreckage.
A driver of a black Ford F150 pickup was driving the wrong way when he hit the 2004 white Chevy pickup, Hixson said.
It does not appear that the driver traveling in the wrong direction ever lost control or jumped the 150-foot median that separates the north and south lanes, Hixson said, adding that the Highway Patrol received reports of a man traveling in the wrong direction moments before the crash.
Both vehicles were registered to the state of Nevada, and there were no other people in the trucks, Hixson said.
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