By Associated Press - Monday, February 20, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Troopers say a second person has died from a fatal car crash south of Las Vegas over the weekend.

Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Jason Buratczuk says that the crash occurred early Saturday morning near the town of Jean. A pickup truck rear-ended another vehicle on Interstate 15 and rolled, throwing a woman passenger from the truck.

Buratczuk says the woman was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene.



Troopers told KLAS-TV (https://bit.ly/2mf6jiO ) that one man riding in the truck was hospitalized in critical condition and later died.

Another man riding in the truck as hospitalized but expected to survive.

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Information from: KLAS-TV, https://www.klas-tv.com

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