Nevada Highway Patrol press conference on the incident involving a trooper who was shot and killed during a traffic stop Friday morning.
A driver of a work truck was arrested by Nevada Highway Patrol on suspicion of driving under the influence after traveling several miles the wrong way on U.S. Highway 95, the agency said on Twitter Thursday night.
As Troopers were standing next to two highway patrol vehicles, on SR156-LeeCanyon near the top of the Mount Charleston,a Cadillac Escalade coming down the mountain was traveling too fast for the weather conditions and lost control. The vehicle slid for approximately 400 feet before striking the parked NHP Ford F-150. (Nevada Highway Patrol)
Two people are dead following a “catastrophic” crash involving a wrong-way driver Thursday night on Interstate 15 south of Las Vegas. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Body-Cam footage of Nevada Highway Patrol officer involved shooting on October 4. The incident is under an active internal investigation.
A 31-year-old man died Wednesday night after crashing into the back of a double-decker Regional Transportation Commission bus on Flamingo Road near U.S. 95. None of the 11 people on the RTC bus were injured. The Nevada Highway Patrol said the driver of the sedan was believed to be impaired. The driver of the sedan was not wearing his seat belt, NHP spokesman Jason Buratczuk said, but he was sitting on his seat belt, which was buckled. The man’s death marks the fifth fatal crash NHP has investigated this year. In 2016 there were 60 fatal crashes on Nevada highways involving people who were not wearing seat belts, Buratczuk said.
Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers Travis Smaka and Adam Whitmarsh share their experience on how it was to respond to the mass shooting on Oct. 1.
“Dunk a Trooper” event helps raise awareness on the importance of organ donation. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)