1 dead in single-vehicle rollover crash near Mesquite
The Nevada Highway Patrol investigated a fatal rollover crash early Thursday morning north of the Las Vegas Valley.
According to police, the crash occurred at about 3:05 a.m. near northbound IR15 and mile marker 93. The crash scene was about 28 miles south of Mesquite, police said.
In a news release Friday, NHP said that the preliminary investigation indicates that a white 2013 Mini Cooper 2 door was traveling southbound on IR15 in the far left travel lane, approaching mile marker 92, when the driver of vehicle failed to drive within marked travel lanes.
Police said the vehicle ran off the roadway and continued southeast through the center median, while traveling across both IR15 northbound travel lanes into the east desert area.
The driver of the Mini Cooper, who was identified by police as 42-year-old Marcus Harrell Jr., of Mohave Valley, Arizona, was pronounced dead at the scene.
