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NHP troopers respond to 3 wrong-way crashes in 4-day stretch

Last week a wrong-way driver suspected of driving under the influence caused a near head-on cra ...
Last week a wrong-way driver suspected of driving under the influence caused a near head-on crash on the 215 Beltway at Lake Mead Boulevard, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. The driver of a Chevy Cruze was able to get out of the way and escaped serious injury. The driver of the Hyundai was arrested on suspicion of DUI. (NHP photo)
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The Nevada Highway Patrol said it responded to three wrong-way crashes in a four-day stretch last week on Las Vegas Valley roads.

A tweet from the NHP Southern Command said that from Wednesday morning through early Sunday NHP responded to “three wrong way driver calls, two involving injury crashes and one who was stopped before they caused a crash.”

Specific locations and times weren’t listed. However, NHP said all of the incidents involved motorists charged with driving under the influence.

This stretch underscores a persistent public safety problem. As of February, NHP had responded to 101 wrong-way calls across the state: 57 in Southern Nevada and 44 in Northern Nevada. In 2019, a string of wrong-way crashes throughout the valley killed seven people.

Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter.

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