Police suspect DUI after 2 children, man die in Nye County wreck

Three people, including 2 children, were killed Sunday aft a antheral suspected of driving nether the power crashed into aggregate vehicles successful Nye County, Nevada State Police spokeswoman Ashlee Wellman said.

Along with the children, 1 antheral died successful the crash, Wellman said, portion 2 others were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

A metallic Volvo heading northbound connected U.S. Highway 95 adjacent Nye County mile marker 27 “failed to maintain” the question lane astatine 11:20 a.m., Wellman said. The Volvo archetypal collided with a motortruck with a camper attached, past a GMC Yukon, but nary 1 successful those vehicles suffered injuries.

The Volvo past slammed into a grey Chrysler minivan, causing large damage. Three radical sitting connected the close broadside of the car were killed: a antheral successful the rider seat, a lad sitting down him and a miss sitting down the boy.

The pistillate driving the minivan and a lad seated down her were taken to University Medical Center with had non-life threatening injuries, Wellman said.

Investigators recovered that the antheral driving the Volvo showed “signs of impairment.” He was arrested and taken to a infirmary with “moderate injuries,” Wellman said, and was expected to beryllium jailed successful Nye County.

The road remained closed successful some directions arsenic of 3 p.m., portion investigators proceed to enactment the scene.

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