LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Two separate critical injury crashes in the Las Vegas valley caused road closures or freeway lane closures Tuesday afternoon.
DESERT INN NEAR BOULDER HIGHWAY
As of 8 p.m., Desert Inn Road reopened in both directions between Boulder Highway and Backstage Boulevard after an hours-long closure while police investigated a critical crash.
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215 NEAR INTERSTATE 15
The second, unrelated crash is on the 215 eastbound near Interstate 15 involving a box truck.
As of 6:30 p.m., the incident has been cleared and all lanes are back open.
Eastbound 215 had two travel lanes closed for several hours after police say a car made an "unsafe lane change" and the box truck hit the car.
#Breaking Injury crash EB IR215 W. of the IR15 . Several EB travel lanes closed , expect delays . #SlowDown #DriveSafe #LivesAreOnTheLine #NHPSoComm pic.twitter.com/UNEJY38xJz
— NHP Southern Command (@NHPSouthernComm) June 22, 2021
The car's driver was transported to the hospital with critical injuries. The box truck driver has minor injuries, police say.
Area near the 215, I-15 via a traffic camera:
This was updated after the closures reopened.
