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By Caitlin Lilly

/ Las Vegas Review-Journal

November 25, 2025 - 11:28 am

A wrong-way driver was killed in a crash early Sunday morning on a Las Vegas freeway, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

A black 2020 Chevrolet Traverse traveling south in a northbound lane of the 215 Beltway just north of east Tropical Parkway near the Interstate 15 north on-ramp around 3 a.m. Sunday collided head-on with a black 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 pickup that was traveling north, troopers said in a news release.

The unidentified driver of the Chevrolet was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The driver of the GMC pickup was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries.

The identity of the victim will be released by the Clark County Coroner’s office.

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