Las Vegas girl killed in morning highway crash identified

By KIMBER LAUX and ALEXANDER COREY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

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One child is dead and another person has critical injuries after a single-vehicle rollover accident on northbound Interstate 15 near the D Street exit in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Seven passengers — one adult and six children — were in the vehicle and three were ejected in the accident about 8 a.m. I-15 is shut down just north of U.S. Highway 95. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A Nevada Highway Patrol officer looks at a sport utility vehicle that was involved in a rollover accident on northbound Interstate 15 just south of the D Street exit in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Seven passengers — one adult and six children — were in the vehicle and three were ejected. One child is confirmed dead with another person in critical condition at University Medical Center. (Justin Yurkanin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The Nevada Highway Patrol is on the scene of a fatal accident Wednesday morning, July 2, 2014, on northbound Interstate 15 near D Street. One child has died and another has life-threatening injuries. Three people were ejected from the vehicle. One adult and four other children also were in the vehicle, but their conditions are not known. (Justin Yurkanin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Seven people — one adult and six juveniles — were involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident Wednesday morning, July 2, 2014, on northbound Interstate 15 near D Street. Three were ejected from the vehicle in the crash just after 8 a.m. One child has died and another has life-threatening injuries. Northbound lanes on I-15 north of U.S. Highway 95 are shut down. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Northbound lanes of Interstate 15 north of U.S. Highway 95 are shut down after a single-vehicle roller accident about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Seven people were in the vehicle and one child was killed in the accident. (Courtesy FAST cameras)

A Nevada Highway Patrol officer looks at an sports utility vehicle that was in an accident in which seven passengers were involved just south of the D Street exit on Northbound I-15 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. One person is confirmed dead with another person in critical condition at UMC. (Justin Yurkanin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A 9-year-old girl died and a 6-year-old girl was in critical condition Wednesday morning after a vehicle rolled on Interstate 15.

Four other children and one adult were hurt in the one-car crash about 8 a.m. on northbound I-15, which was shut down just north of U.S. Highway 95.

The 9-year-old was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Gabriela Casias of Las Vegas.

The Nevada Highway Patrol said the Ford SUV may have been cut off. Any witnesses were urged to contact police.

Three of the car’s seven occupants — one adult and six minors — were thrown from the car, police said.

The driver, a 22-year-old woman, and four of the children — ages 1, 2, 4 and 6 — were in stable condition, according to trooper Loy Hixson.

The woman was the mother of four of the children. The other two children were her sister’s, Hixson said.

Traffic was diverted to southbound and northbound U.S. 95, which caused heavy delays. The interstate was reopened just before noon.

At University Medical Center’s emergency room, family members sat uncomfortably in chairs around the room. A teenage boy sobbed from his seat in a corner.

The Las Vegas family did not want to comment about the deadly crash.

Outside, a man leaned against a garbage bin under the shade. The hot air forced beads of sweat to meet the tears running down his face.

Review-Journal reporter Ricardo Torres contributed to this report.