Las Vegas news briefs

Monday, April 21, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

* FATAL ACCIDENTS -- The Nevada Highway Patrol reported three fatal accidents over the weekend. Each was a one-car accident in which a pickup truck went off the road, the driver overcorrected and the vehicle rolled. Caldron Flores, 28, of North Las Vegas, was killed at 11:07 p.m. Saturday. He was traveling south on Interstate 15 about 21 miles south of Las Vegas. Shariq Kahn, 21, of Hacienda Heights, Calif., was killed at 11:46 a.m. Saturday He died en route to University Medical Center after crashing 84 miles northeast of Las Vegas on Interstate 15. Jeanne Carol Field, 64, of Ketchum, Idaho, was killed about 5 p.m. Sunday. She died en route to UMC after crashing about 44 miles north of Las Vegas on U.S. 95. Highway patrol spokesman Trooper Steve Harney said police were waiting on autopsies to determine whether the drivers were under the influence of drugs or alcohol or fell asleep at the wheel.

* HOUSE FIRE -- Fire investigators have determined that an unattended pot on a stove started a fire in West Las Vegas that destroyed a kitchen. An elderly resident had gone outside and forgot about the food when next-door neighbors noticed smoke pouring out of the kitchen and dialed 911 about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, said Tim Szymanski, Las Vegas Fire Department spokesman. Flames were coming out of the windows when firefighters arrived at the single-story house in the 1100 block of Wyatt Avenue, near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Owens Avenue. Investigators estimated the damage at $40,000. The elderly resident, who was escorted to safety by his neighbors, will be staying with relatives until his home is repaired.