IN BRIEF

NORTHERN NEVADA

Four people die in head-on collision

Four people were killed in a head-on crash in eastern Nevada on Saturday, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

The victims included three members of one family from the Elko area.

A pickup driven by Jay Wright, 28, was heading south on U.S. Highway 93 about 70 miles south of Wells when he lost control on slushy roads and crashed into a pickup headed north. Wright, his 1-year-old son, and his sister, Jami Wright, 26, died.

The patrol said the driver of the other truck, 51-year-old Leslie Ivan, of Alberta, Canada, also was killed.

CARELESS SMOKING SUSPECTED

LV man who died in pickup fire named

A Las Vegas man who died Saturday from burns he received in a truck fire last month was identified Monday by the coroner's office as 44-year-old Gabino Sanchez-Cisneros.

Witnesses said Sanchez-Cisneros was sleeping in his pickup in the parking lot of Larry's Great Western Meats, on Valley View Boulevard near Alta Drive on Feb. 8, when he suddenly left the truck with his clothes on fire.

Firefighters responded and took Sanchez-Cisneros to University Medical Center.

Investigators believe the fire was accidental, possibly the result of careless smoking. Only a small portion of the truck's seat was burned.

ROLLOVER ACCIDENT

Henderson man killed in car wreck identified

A Henderson man who died last week after he was ejected from a car that overturned several times was identified by the coroner's office Monday as Jason Eugene Hood.

Hood, 25, was driving a 2002 Mercedes southeast on Seven Hills Drive near Classico Way Friday about 7:40 p.m. when he lost control of his car trying to make a left turn, Henderson police said. Police said Hood's vehicle went off the roadway and struck large boulders and trees before overturning.

A passenger in the car was taken to University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Police said the accident is under investigation, but they believe speed was a factor.

NEAR PHOENIX

Rabid mountain lion attacks Arizona boy

A rabid mountain lion attacked a 10-year-old boy north of Phoenix, scratching the child before being shot to death, a game official said Monday.

The boy from El Mirage, Ariz., suffered scratches on his back but wasn't seriously injured during Saturday's attack in a sparsely populated area in the Tonto National Forest, said Randy Babb, a biologist with the Arizona Department of Game and Fish.

But the boy will have to undergo a series of shots after being exposed to rabies, Babb said. Game officials are also recommending the shots for other people who touched the lion.