IN BRIEF

BELTWAY CRASH

38-year-old woman killed in accident ID'd

The 38-year-old woman who died earlier this week after she veered into oncoming traffic on the northern Las Vegas Beltway was identified by the coroner's office Wednesday as Sandra Bell Kracke.

The Las Vegas resident died Tuesday. Kracke was driving west on the Beltway between Losee Road and Aliante Parkway about 8 a.m. in a silver Toyota sedan, Nevada Highway Patrol officials said. She lost control of her car and crossed the median into eastbound traffic.

Her car struck the front of an eastbound Chrysler 300. Las Vegas police confirmed the driver of the Chrysler was a Metropolitan Police Department captain who has not been identified.

Kracke's car then clipped the side of a white pickup, causing the truck to overturn. The pickup driver was airlifted to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. His condition was unknown Wednesday. The driver of the Chrysler was taken to UMC with injuries that were not life threatening.

LAUGHLIN ACCIDENT

Ohio child dies after being run over by SUV

A toddler from Ohio died earlier this week after being hit by a sport utility vehicle at the Big Ben Park in Laughlin, Las Vegas police said Wednesday.

The 3-year-old's identity was not released by police.

Police said the accident occurred at 5:44 p.m. Tuesday when the unsupervised child knelt down in front of a Chevrolet SUV stopped in a parking lot.

Police said the 24-year-old driver, Brynda Kirk of San Francisco, then entered the truck and drove over the child. The child, from Hilliard, Ohio, was transported to Valley View Hospital in Bullhead, Ariz., and later died. The accident is under investigation.