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Woman hurt after wood smashes windshield in Las Vegas crash

By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 18, 2018 - 4:14 pm
 
Updated March 18, 2018 - 4:19 pm
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A woman was critically injured in a crash and was trapped in her car Sunday afternoon in central Las Vegas.

The collision involving two vehicles happened just before 2:15 p.m. near Lake Mead and Martin Luther King boulevards. The woman was taken to University Medical Center in critical condition, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jeff Stuart said.

The woman’s car was struck by another vehicle with a trailer carrying wood, police said. Upon impact, a piece of wood lodged through the windshield of the woman’s vehicle, trapping her.

No other injuries were reported.

Contact Rio Lacanlale at rlacanlale@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @riolacanlale on Twitter.

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