IN BRIEF
FATAL ACCIDENT
Overton resident dies in rollover in Las Vegas
A motorist was killed in a rollover early Sunday in Overton, police said.
At 5:47 a.m., a 1999 Pontiac Trans Am slid off northbound Lou Street near Pat Avenue in Las Vegas, and when it got into the desert alongside the road, it began rolling, ejecting the driver and passenger.
The driver, an Overton resident whose name and age were withheld by Las Vegas police Sunday, was pronounced dead at the wreck.
An emergency medical services helicopter flew the passenger, 51-year-old Paul Souza of Overton, to University Medical Center, where he was in critical condition Sunday afternoon, police said.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
New lava flow slows from Kilauea volcano
A new lava outbreak from Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii, hasn't gained much ground over the past few days, easing fears that it could threaten the town of Kalapana and the Royal Gardens subdivision.
The change in the eruption of the lava started Wednesday directly from a fissure in the volcano, creating two new lava flows nearly directly over an eruption site that became active July 21.
Researchers observed from a flight Friday that the "Thanksgiving eve" flows advanced just 330 feet, stalled and began to pool.
The road to Kalapana dead ends, as it has since 1990, in a hardened lava flow that still looks fresh.
