Child among 2 killed in wrong-way crash on I-15

By Glenn Puit / Las Vegas Review-Journal

August 3, 2021 - 5:25 am

Updated August 3, 2021 - 10:34 pm

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Two people were killed, including a child, in a wrong-way crash on Monday night about 12 miles south of Moapa.

The crash involved a driver traveling south in a northbound lane of Interstate 15, Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Travis Smaka said.

#TrafficAlert Fatal crash involving wrong way driver. I-15 and Clark County Mile Marker 78. #DriveSafeNV #DriveSober #LivesAreOnTheLine

— NHP Southern Command (@NHPSouthernComm) August 3, 2021

More details on the circumstances of the crash and the number of vehicles involved were not available. Investigators suspect impairment was a factor.

The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified one of the people killed as 19-year-old Javarius Barfield, of Lawrenceville, Georgia. The child who died had not been identified.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Glenn Puit contributed to this report.

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