Coroner’s office identifies 2 men killed in rollover crash

The Nevada Highway Patrol is seeking witnesses who may have seen a white car authorities believe was involved in a Summerlin Parkway crash that left two people dead Thursday afternoon.

Two men were killed in a rollover crash just before 3:30 p.m. on eastbound Summerlin Parkway, just after the Anasazi Drive overpass, near the 215 Beltway, the Highway Patrol said in a release Friday.

They were identified as Timothy McDaniel, 23, of Delta Junction, Alaska, and Sergey Tipikin, 53, of Wasilla, Alaska, the NHP said.

At about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, a white Cadillac STS driven by McDaniel left the roadway when he maneuvered to avoid a slower white vehicle that entered the Cadillac’s lane while traveling east on Summerlin Parkway, just after the Anasazi Drive overpass, the release said.

The Highway Patrol said the vehicle rolled over as it crashed. McDaniel and Tipikin, a passenger in the Cadillac, were ejected from the car and were pronounced dead at the scene. Neither was wearing a seat belt, the Highway Patrol said.

Investigators believe that speed was a factor in the crash, and are seeking more information about a white sedan believed to be involved in the crash, the release said.

Anybody with information about the crash or the white sedan is asked to call the Highway Patrol at 702-486-4100.

While the Highway Patrol listed both men as being from Alaska, he Clark County coroner’s office, however, gave North Las Vegas as Tipikin’s residence, but had no place of residence for McDaniel. The office also listed McDaniel’s age as 52.

Both men died from blunt force injuries, the coroner’s office said Friday.

The double-fatality crash marked the 14th fatal crash investigated by the Highway Patrol’s Southern Command this year.

Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Dalton LaFerney contributed to this report.