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Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 | 8:24 p.m.
Vehicle crash
Police say an argument between two people in a car might have contributed to the driver losing control and crashing into two other vehicles Sunday in North Las Vegas, leaving three people in critical condition.
North Las Vegas police received numerous reports of the crash at about 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Craig and Valley roads. Authorities said witnesses reported the 25-year-old driver of a red 1999 Ford Crown Victoria and a 24-year-old passenger were involved in a physical altercation that might have caused the driver to lose control of the car.
Police said the Ford was traveling at a high rate of speed while westbound on Craig. The vehicle then entered the path of oncoming eastbound traffic, colliding with a 1997 Toyota Rav 4 and a 1998 Mitsubishi Diamonte.
Two occupants of the Toyota, described as 49- and 48-year-old Las Vegas residents, and the 27-year-old driver of the Mitsubishi were taken to University Medical Center's trauma unit in critical condition, police said. The driver of the Ford that crossed into oncoming traffic was taken to UMC with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening.
Investigators said drugs and excessive speed might be factors in the crash. The driver of the Ford will face charges in connection with the crash, police said.
Authorities weren't releasing the names late Sunday of anyone involved in the crash.
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What the heck is going on out on the roads? So glad I don't spend much time on the roads here.
I moved to vegas 3 months ago from the Midwest and I must say Vegas Drivers are the WORST!!!
Why is it always the people who cause car accidents are the least injured?
tis what happens when you get in a fight over the crack pipe
Note to any newcomers-
1) Avoid North LV-especially northeast(da hood)
2) The north end of the strip(Strat) towards downtown is crackhead central-enter at your own risk
3) Be careful on the near west side(Chinatown). The older Asian women will scare you to death if they don't hit you.
4) If you aren't doing 15 over the speed limit on the freeway or at least 10 over on surface streets-stay in the far right lane or you will be run over.
5) Don't buy a house-any house. This market will be tanking for another 3-5 years despire the smoke that some may try to blow up your back end. It may sound like a bargain now, but they've been saying that for 3 years-and values have dropped 50-65%.
I almost forgot-I hope you smoke....like non-stop, all the time. It's the only way you can fit in here.
This town appears to be where the retarded come to die-one way or another.
...well, some of us didn't realize just how hairball-infected this place is when we first came. But now we're trapped.
crown vic, high rate of speed, does this not sound like metro??? just wondering.
Dave - Other people own Crown Vic's too. This was a red/maroon Crown Vic. Unmarked Metro Crown Vic's are typically white, black, or silver.
Just imagine if it was you - the innocent driver - now in the hospital in critical condition.
Mike123's comments above are right on the money-spot on. One other thought is that you need to avoid the old, cigarette stinker casinos around Boulder Highway in Henderson. Filled with dying butt fiends with their car's left blinker winking all the time.
Note to any newcomers-
1) Avoid North LV-especially northeast(da hood)
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I live in the Northeast (base of Sunrise Mtn) and what you're saying is a little generic...
We are all idiots since we are fully aware of how dangerous this city is and yet we still live here.
I agree with all of you! I'm afraid of what my car insurance premium will be!
Also, don't you mean stay out of South NLV? Isn't it nice up by Aliante? I'll find out soon enough, will be there in January. Quaking in my boots!
RE: Note to any newcomers-
Mike123, what are you still doing here? Run for the hills!
Overpopulated! overpopulated! overpoulated with pure drug addicted idiots! I wish they all would just disappear!!
Mike 123's GPS needs to be calibrated. What used to be northeast (North Las Vegas) is now southeast after developing the area north of Craig Road. This part of North Las Vegas is like night and day compared to the old northeast where the homeless and druggies hang around.