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2 dead, 8 injured in three-car crash on Spring Mountain Road

Authorities investigating why car failed to stop a stop sign

Updated Saturday, April 18, 2009 | 2:09 a.m.

Fatal crash

Two people were killed and eight others were injured Friday night in a three-vehicle crash at Spring Mountain Road and Erva Street in the western Las Vegas Valley. Launch slideshow »

Crash location

UPDATED STORY: Two who died in Spring Mountain Road crash identified

Two people were killed and eight were injured in a three-vehicle crash Friday evening after a driver failed to stop at a stop sign in the western Las Vegas Valley, authorities said.

Metro Police Sgt. Oscar Chavez, of Metro's fatal accident detail, said officers responded at 6:13 p.m. to the crash at the intersection of Spring Mountain Road and Erva Street. Chavez said a southbound 2004 Dodge Neon occupied by four girls, ages 15 to 17, went through a stop sign and struck a 2005 Hyundai that was eastbound on Spring Mountain.

The impact pushed the Hyundai to the southeast corner of the intersection, where it struck a wall. Two of the five occupants of the Hyundai later died at a hospital.

As a result of the crash, the Hyundai also struck a 2002 Saturn stopped at a stop sign south of Spring Mountain. The driver of the Saturn, Yong Burnett, 29, of Las Vegas, suffered minor injuries, police said.

All 10 victims were hospitalized. Two died and the eight others all suffered minor injuries, according to an accident report.

The names of the 17-year-old driver and three passengers in the Neon weren't being released because they're minors. The names of the two deceased victims will be released pending notification of family members, while the three occupants of the Hyundai with minor injuries were identified as Chung Na, 58, Chung Ning Na, 60, and Maggie Chin, 67, all of Las Vegas.

Chavez said investigators are still trying to determine why the Neon failed to stop at the stop sign. He said witnesses told police the Neon was traveling "fast" in the 35 mph zone, although investigators haven't determined the vehicle's speed.

"There is no indication right now of impairment or drugs," he said.

The two deaths are the 24th and 25th this year in Metro Police jurisdiction.

Photographer Richard Brian contributed to this report.

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