A fatal car crash on the northeast side of the valley has restricted traffic near Lamb and Lake Mead boulevards.
Police received a 911 call just after 7 a.m. that a car had crashed into a brick wall on Lamb Boulevard just south of Lake Mead Boulevard.
The driver was taken to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, said a police spokeswoman.
The one northbound lane on Lamb Boulevard was closed as of 8:30 a.m.
Drivers around the Summerlin and Red Rock Canyon areas should brace for road closures this weekend tied to the L’Etape Las Vegas by Tour de France bicycle race.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ modernization of its computer system could take longer than anticipated and cost the state more than $300 million in additional funding.
The trains, designed to go up to 220 mph, will be able to take Brightline West passengers between Las Vegas and Southern California in less than two hours.
The crash occurred shortly before 7 p.m. near Nellis Boulevard and Sandra Road, Las Vegas police said.
Nevada roads are deadlier this year, with nearly 40 percent more fatal crashes through March than during the same period in 2023. And the situation is worse on Clark County roads.
A Toyota minivan and a Yamaha collided at about 10:48 a.m. near South Eastern and East Wigwam Avenue, according to a Metropolitan Police Department release.
The collision occurred about 6:30 p.m. near South Jones Boulevard and Badura Avenue, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Aaron Lee.
Brightline West and federal, state and local officials broke ground on the long-discussed high-speed rail system linking Las Vegas and Southern California.
A new connection between Laughlin and Bullhead City, Arizona — decades in the making — is nearing completion.
A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run Saturday night on Main Street near Foremaster Lane.
