IDs of 5 victims not yet released after deadly US 95 crash
Little new information was available Monday on the five people who died in a fiery crash Sunday afternoon near Amargosa Valley.
A northbound car attempted to pass a pickup on U.S. Highway 95, about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas, when it moved into the southbound lane to pass, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. It collided head-on with a car, then hit the side of the truck. The truck flipped over, and the man driving died at the scene.
The woman in the truck was flown to University Medical Center. She was in stable condition late Sunday, Highway Patrol trooper Travis Smaka said Monday morning. Two of the bodies were so badly burned that investigators could not immediately identify their ages or genders, he said.
Smaka said he had no additional information about the five people who died.
Names and causes and manners of death will be released after the Clark County coroner’s office performs autopsies.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office and the Nye County coroner’s office did not return multiple calls Monday.
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