LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — One person is dead and another hospitalized after a three-vehicle collision near the Las Vegas airport connector on Thursday morning.
The crash was reported at approximately 5:46 a.m., a public information officer for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed.
According the police, a Toyota 4Runner traveled over a raised center median on Paradise Road and went into the southbound travel lanes.
Investigators said the 4Runner then collided with a Camry and Ram before overturning.
Two people involved in the crash were transported to Sunrise Hospital's trauma center, where the driver of the 4Runner was declared deceased at 6:21 a.m.
Police said the driver's death will not be counted as a fatality in LVMPD's jurisdiction for 2023 until the coroner's office completes its investigation.
All lanes of the northbound airport connector were blocked near Russell Road, according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Paradise Road north of Flight Path Avenue was also blocked off, the LVMPD public information officer told Channel 13.
Traffic was cleared and all lanes were open as of 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
