2 killed in northeast Las Vegas crash
Las Vegas police arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of DUI following a head-on crash that left two people dead Friday morning in the northeast valley.
Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jesse Roybal said two vehicles collided at 5:54 a.m. at the intersection of North Lamb Boulevard and East Cecile Avenue, near Cheyenne Avenue.
Investigators determined that 23-year-old Avery Nellems was driving a 2015 Nissan Rogue north on Lamb Boulevard when he veered over the center line, hitting a 2015 Nissan Versa head-on, according to a statement from Metro.
The driver and passenger in the Nissan Versa both died at the scene, police said.
Nellems was taken to University Medical Center with minor injuries and was later booked into the Clark County Detention Center. He faces two counts of DUI resulting in death, police said.
The crash marked the 36th and 37th traffic fatalities investigated by Metro this year, police said.
Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Katelyn Newberg contributed to this report.
