Car driver dies in crash with truck on I-15

Published Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 | 7:42 a.m.

Updated Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 | 8:47 a.m.

A woman was killed this morning after the car she was driving crossed the median on Interstate 15 and collided head-on into a semitrailer, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported.

The crash happened about 6:20 a.m. near the Lamb Boulevard exit, Trooper Loy Hixson said.

The Buick four-door sedan was headed north on I-15 when it drifted across the median into oncoming traffic, Trooper Jeremie Elliott said. The car crashed head-on into a semitrailer.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. All travel lanes of the interstate in the area are now open.

No further details were immediately available.

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By Martin_Crow

April 22, 2013

12:06 a.m.

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