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US 95 reopens after critical injury crash in Nye County

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By Rio Lacanlale / Las Vegas Review-Journal

September 19, 2019 - 4:02 pm

Updated September 19, 2019 - 9:31 pm

Troopers are investigating a critical injury crash involving a semitruck and a car Thursday afternoon in Nye County.

The crash was reported shortly after 3:05 p.m. on U.S. Highway 95, near State Road 160, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. The crash site is about 30 miles north of Pahrump.

The highway was reopened by 9:30 p.m., RTC Southern Nevada tweeted Thursday night.

#FASTALERT UPDATE: 19-Sep-2019 09:25 pm,
Crash on US-95 after Indian Springs,
FREEWAY NOW OPEN.

— RTC Southern Nevada (@RTCSNV) September 20, 2019

No other details have been released.

Contact Rio Lacanlale at rlacanlale@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @riolacanlale on Twitter.

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