IN BRIEF

ONE-CAR CRASH

Woman dies after car overturns on Beltway

A young woman died Saturday morning after her Chevrolet sport utility vehicle overturned on the Las Vegas Beltway near Green Valley Parkway.

The woman was driving in the center westbound lane about 8 a.m. when, for unknown reasons, she veered to the right, across the right lane, and onto the shoulder, according to Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Kevin Honea.

She then steered sharply to the left and her vehicle overturned. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Honea said she was wearing a seat belt, and there was no evidence of drug or alcohol use at the scene.

The woman's name was not available.

ONE DRIVER INJURED

Passenger dies after pickup strikes car

A 23-year-old Las Vegas man died in a traffic accident Friday night on Silverado Ranch Road near Eastern Avenue.

The man, whose identity was not released, was in the passenger seat of a 2003 Dodge Neon driven by 20-year-old Jaban Aguayo.

As the Neon was making a left turn from Silverado Ranch into a Target shopping center at 10:58 p.m., the vehicle pulled into the path of a 1997 GMC Sierra 3500 pickup eastbound on Silverado Ranch, according to Las Vegas police.

The truck, driven by 21-year-old Randy Bartolone, swerved but was unable to avoid the Neon. The front of the truck hit the passenger side of the car.

Both people in the Neon were taken to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena campus, where the passenger was pronounced dead upon arrival. Aguayo suffered moderate injuries.

Bartolone was not injured.

Failing to yield the right of way to the pickup was the cause of the accident, according to police.

COTTON COVE

43-year-old drowns in Lake Mohave

A 43-year-old man drowned at Lake Mohave Saturday afternoon.

The man, whose name was not released, was swimming near Cottonwood Cove when he drowned about noon, according to Park Service spokeswoman Roxanne Dey.

Park Rangers performed CPR on the man for about 45 minutes, she said.

Dey said she did not know what caused the drowning. The man was not wearing a life vest.

RENO CEREMONY

Trooper, tribal officer added to memorial

Two more names were added to a Reno memorial of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.

The names of Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Kara Kelly-Borgognone and Fallon Paiute-Shoshone tribal police officer Adam Menuez were added Friday to the James D. Hoff Peace Officers Memorial.

Both died in traffic accidents while responding to calls over the last year.

Kelly-Borgognone was the first female law officer in Nevada killed in the line of duty. Menuez was the first tribal officer killed.