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