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LV man dies after crashing into parked car

Monday, April 27, 1998 | 9:50 a.m.

Metro Police believe a Las Vegas man may have become ill while driving, causing him to drift off the road and strike a parked car, killing himself.

The driver, identified by police as Bill Barnhill, 65, was westbound on Vegas Valley Drive near McCleod Drive at 5:55 a.m. Saturday when he went off the north edge of the road. His 1992 Oldsmobile hit the rear of a parked Ford Escort, police said. Barnhill was pronounced dead at the accident scene.

Police said Barnhill was not wearing a seat belt. The accident remains under investigation.

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