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Body found on North Las Vegas embankment off I-15

Updated March 27, 2018 - 7:29 pm

Officials are investigating after finding a body Tuesday on an embankment off Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas.

A Nevada Department of Transportation worker found a man’s body about 2:30 p.m. off the highway’s southbound lanes near the Lake Mead Boulevard offramp, Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Travis Smaka said.

The body, which may have been that of a homeless man in his 40s, didn’t appear to have been hit by a car, he said.

North Las Vegas police are investigating. Officers were waiting for the coroner to arrive, spokesman Eric Leavitt said.

Contact Mike Shoro at mshoro@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5290. Follow @mike_shoro on Twitter.

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