Alta reopens after rollover crash
A police officer re-lights a flare where a rollover SUV crash occurred at Alta Drive and Rampart Boulevard in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. The SUV flipped over while making a right turn onto Alta Drive, and collided with a truck in the left turn lane. Two people in the SUV were hospitalized. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Fire Department (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A rollover SUV crash is seen at Alta Drive and Rampart Boulevard in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. The SUV flipped over while making a right turn onto Alta Drive, and collided with a truck in the left turn lane. Two people in the SUV were hospitalized. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A rollover SUV crash is seen at Alta Drive and Rampart Boulevard in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. The SUV flipped over while making a right turn onto Alta Drive, and collided with a truck in the left turn lane. Two people in the SUV were hospitalized. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A rollover SUV crash is seen at Alta Drive and Rampart Boulevard in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. The SUV flipped over while making a right turn onto Alta Drive, and collided with a truck in the left turn lane. Two people in the SUV were hospitalized. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A police officer is seen where a rollover SUV crash occurred at Alta Drive and Rampart Boulevard in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. The SUV flipped over while making a right turn onto Alta Drive, and collided with a truck in the left turn lane. Two people in the SUV were hospitalized. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
People look over at where a rollover SUV crash occurred while waiting to cross the street at Alta Drive and Rampart Boulevard in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. The SUV flipped over while making a right turn onto Alta Drive, and collided with a truck in the left turn lane. Two people in the SUV were hospitalized. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
An SUV which rolled over during a right turn and hit another vehicle at Alta Drive and Rampart Boulevard is seen being loaded onto a tow truck in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Two people in the SUV were hospitalized. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A rollover crash near Alta Drive and Rampart Boulevard hospitalized three people Monday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
Officers responded to the three-vehicle crash about 12:17 p.m. where two people were trapped in the rolled over vehicle, police said.
After being rescued, the two trapped people and a third person from one of the other vehicles were taken to the hospital.
None of the injuries appeared to be life threatening, police said.
Eastbound lanes of Alta and one westbound left turn lane were closed for about 2 hours while officers investigated the crash.
Cassandra Taloma contributed to this report.
Contact reporter Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.
