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UPDATE: Coroner identifies 2nd victim killed in crash involving wrong-way driver on Interstate 15 near Valley of Fire

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Posted at 9:20 PM, Aug 02, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-06 11:27:22-04

UPDATE AUG. 6: The Clark County Coroner has identified the second person killed in the crash as 8-year-old Chase Fernandez from Lawrenceville, Georgia. His cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma and it was ruled an accident.

UPDATE AUG. 3: The Clark County Coroner has identified one of the people killed as 19-year-old Javarius Barfield from Lawrenceville, Georgia. His cause of death is still pending the results of the autopsy. The cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma and it was ruled an accident. The second victim's identity has not yet been released.

ORIGINAL STORY
Nevada Highway Patrol says two people are confirmed dead, including one juvenile, after a crash on Interstate 15 near Valley of Fire State Park.

NHP says a wrong-way driver was going southbound in the northbound lanes.

No further information was available at the time of posting.

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