Woman dies in two-vehicle accident on 215 Beltway
A woman died early Tuesday after a driver headed the wrong way on the 215 Beltway crashed into her near Windmill Parkway, Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Troopers responded to the crash about 12:45 a.m. NHP trooper Chelsea Webster said a man in a Toyota truck was traveling east on the Beltway in a westbound lane.
The truck crashed head on with a Hyundai sedan, killing the car’s driver, 28-year-old Jennie Marie Bergstrom, of Henderson, Webster said.
All westbound lanes on the Beltway near Windmill were blocked until just after 6 a.m. when the accident was being cleared, Webster said.
The 30-year-old man driving the truck was taken to University Medical Center with injuries police said were not life-threatening. He was booked in absentia to Clark County Detention Center for DUI with death, driving the wrong way and driving with a revoked license, NHP reported.
This is the 43rd fatal crash in NHP’s jurisdiction in 2014.
Reporters Kimber Laux and Annalise Little contributed to this story.
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