Four die in weekend traffic accidents

Monday, June 29, 1998 | 9:49 a.m.

The North Las Vegas accident occurred about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Police said two vehicles were eastbound with individuals in the vehicles conversing with each other. One vehicle left the road, overcorrected and struck the second, then hit a third vehicle.

Several of the passengers were ejected at the scene. The names of the two people killed were withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Sunday afternoon, a passenger in a car traveling on Harris Springs Road near Route 157 was killed when the vehicle went off the road and overturned. The name of the victim was not released.

A 56-year-old woman died of injuries suffered Sunday evening when she was struck while crossing Las Vegas Boulevard north of the downtown area. The victim - Jean Yokoyama - died Sunday night at University Medical Center, according to a nursing supervisor.

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