Woman dies in Sunday rollover crash near Boulder City
A woman died New Year’s Day after being ejected from a vehicle during a rollover crash, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Ashley Mccune, 24, of Las Vegas was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic south on U.S. Highway 95, just south of Boulder City, before the single-vehicle crash about 10:35 p.m. She had a male passenger in the vehicle.
“The driver allowed the Sonic to go off the roadway to the left,” the Highway Patrol said in a statement.
McCune overcorrected to the right, according to the Highway Patrol, which caused the vehicle to rotate and then overturn. She was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car, the agency said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The male passenger was wearing a seat belt and was taken to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena Campus, with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Speed was a factor in the crash, investigators said.
This was the first fatal crash for the Highway Patrol’s southern command for 2017.
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