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Crash kills wrong-way driver on Rancho Drive in Las Vegas

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Posted at 8:54 PM, Oct 26, 2021
and last updated 2021-10-27 11:36:15-04

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas police say a man was driving a Chrysler 300 the wrong way on Rancho Drive near Gowan Road when he hit a Ford F-150 truck head-on.

The 45-year-old driver of the Chrysler 300 was not wearing a seat belt, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Police say the Chrylser crossed the center median and then struck the front of a Ford F-150 pickup truck.

The driver of the Chrysler died at the scene while the pickup driver suffered minor injures.

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Police say the crash remains under investigation.