CLARK COUNTY (KTNV) — Two people died and another was hospitalized with serious injuries after a single-vehicle rollover crash on Laughlin Highway on Sunday morning, according to the Nevada State Police.
The crash happened just after 4 a.m. on eastbound State Route 163 near mile marker 8 in Clark County.
NSP said the driver failed to stay in their lane and entered the center dirt median. The driver then overcorrected to the right and re-entered the roadway before losing control of the vehicle and entering back into the median, striking a dirt embankment, causing the vehicle to overturn.
The front passenger, identified as Rafael Gustavo Duran Hernandez, 50, of Las Vegas, was pronounced dead at the scene. The rear passenger, Omar Duran Herrera, 23, of Las Vegas, also died at the scene.