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Husband and wife, ages 85 and 86, die in 2-vehicle crash

Updated Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 | 5:35 p.m.

Approximate area of crash

A two-vehicle collision on State Road 163 near Laughlin killed an elderly couple from New York on Monday afternoon, Nevada Highway Patrol officials said.

NHP trooper Joseph Fackrell said an 85-year-old man and his wife, 86, were traveling northbound in a Hyundai Sonata on Needles Highway and failed to yield to a vehicle with the right-of-way. A GMC Yukon eastbound on State Road 163 then "T-boned" the left side of the Sonata, investigators said.

The man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred about 12:30 p.m.

A driver in the Yukon was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening, Fackrell said.

The victims' names will be released by the Clark County Coroner's Office.

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