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Crash leaves passenger dead, two drivers injured in the northwest valley

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A crash in the northwest valley has left a passenger dead and two drivers injured at the intersection of Buffalo and Elkhorn.

Just after 7 p.m. Monday, an SUV was heading westbound on Elkhorn, and a sedan was heading northbound Buffalo when they crashed.

The crash happened when the sedan tried to make a left turn and entered the path of the SUV, and the SUV hit the passenger side of the sedan, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

We have video from the scene here:

Crash leaves passenger dead, two drivers injured in the northwest valley

The drivers were taken by ambulance to University Medical Center. The sedan's passenger needed to be medically extracted, and despite all life-saving measures, she was pronounced dead.

Neither driver showed signs of impairment and cooperated with the investigation. This collision remains under investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Collision Investigation Section.