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I-15 shut down due to high-speed chase investigation

By COLTON LOCHHEAD LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
August 4, 2013 - 8:22 pm
 
Las Vegas police are seen at the scene on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL)

Interstate 15 is shut down while Las Vegas Police investigate a high-speed chase that ended near Sahara Avenue.

According to Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Trooper Loy Hixson, southbound traffic is being diverted to the Sahara Avenue off-ramp. Drivers can then re-enter the highway almost immediately at the Sahara Avenue on-ramp.

Hixson said that no time table had been set for when the freeway will be reopened.

Contact reporter Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638. Follow him on Twitter @clochhead44.

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