2 killed in crash near National Security Site

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

By Sabrina Schnur Las Vegas Review-Journal

April 13, 2023 - 9:51 am

Two people were reportedly killed and another person was injured after a crash at the Nevada National Security Site.

Two vehicles collided at 1:14 a.m. Thursday at the security site in Mercury, Nevada, about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, a site spokesman said.

Authorities from the security site wrote in a Facebook post that the crash was under investigation.

Further information was not immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0278.

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Nye County District Attorney Brian Kunzi. (Pahrump Valley Times)

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NPS File Photo A tourist from Holland died last week while visiting Artists Drive, a 9-mile sce ...

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Staff Report

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