Coroner identifies Las Vegas man killed in truck crash
One man was killed and several others were injured in an accident involving two landscaping trucks on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, at 215 Beltway and the Summerlin Parkway. One of the trucks caught fire. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials responded to a crash involving two landscaping trucks that caused one to catch fire at the Summerlin Parkway and 215 Beltway intersection in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials responded to a crash involving two landscaping trucks that caused one to catch fire at the Summerlin Parkway and 215 Beltway intersection in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Clark County coroner’s office on Thursday identified the man who died after a Wednesday morning crash near the 215 Beltway and Summerlin Parkway.
Gabriel Aguilar-Camacho, 34, of Las Vegas, died at University Medical Center.
Two landscaping trucks pulling trailers crashed about 10 a.m. where the Beltway intersects with Summerlin Parkway, Nevada Highway Patrol said.
The truck that Aguilar-Camacho was riding in went down a rock slope and caught fire, NHP said.
Three of the five passengers in that truck also were hospitalized as well as two occupants in the second truck, NHP said.
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