Woman dies in North Las Vegas crash
A woman was killed in a Sunday afternoon crash in North Las Vegas.
The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. on the Cheyenne Avenue overpass over Interstate 15, the Nevada Highway Patrol said in a news release Sunday.
Police said Monday that a red 2013 Nissan Altima was speeding south on I-15 to go onto the Cheyenne Avenue off-ramp when it traveled across all westbound lanes of Cheyenne.
The red Nissan struck and went over the center median curb into the eastbound lanes of Cheyenne and then struck a silver 2013 Nissan Altima driving east.
After the crash, police said the red Nissan rotated and eventually struck a curb. The silver Nissan also rotated and went south into a “concrete light pole support” before stopping on a “raised concrete island.”
The driver of the red Nissan, Kristen Ayon, 63, died at the scene, according to troopers and the Clark County coroner’s office.
The driver of the silver Nissan involved in the crash was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, police said.
Last Sunday, a 21-year-old man was found fatally shot inside a car north of the overpass on Interstate 15 in the southbound lanes.
Contact Taylor Lane at tlane@reviewjournal.com.
