California woman identified as driver killed in 1-11 crash

The woman killed Tuesday morning while driving a rented U-Haul truck the wrong way on Interstate 11 and U.S. Highway 93 near the Nevada-Arizona border has been identified.

Trinidad D. Flores, 29, of Victorville, California, died of multiple blunt force injuries, the Clark County coroner office’s said. Her death was ruled an accident.

Flores was driving the U-Haul truck north in the southbound lanes of the highway near Boulder City when she hit an oncoming UPS truck just after 3 a.m., Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman Tony Illia said.

“There are reports that she was driving erratically,” Illia said Tuesday afternoon, adding that the U-Haul had the woman’s belongings inside.

The UPS truck driver was hospitalized but is expected to live, he said.

The crash happened about 2 miles east of the Nevada-Arizona border and caused a large diesel fuel spill, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

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