Investigators are using cameras from multiple angles to figure out the moments before a crash that claimed 3 lives, including a child, and a dog Thursday.
-3- PEOPLE...INCLUDING A CHILD....LOSING THEIR LIVES.....IN A FIERY CRASH...AND TONIGHT...NEW VIDEO IS GIVING US.....A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED....SECONDS BEFORE..THANKS FOR JOINING US...I'M TRICIA KEAN..TODD HAS THE NIGHT OFF..LET'S BEGIN WITH.....-13- ACTION NEWS REPORTER....JOE BARTELS...HE'S LIVE.....NEAR THE SPAGHETTI BOWL...RIGHT NOW.....WITH THE NEW INFORMATION ONTHIS CRASH.... JOE..THE WRECKAGE IS CLEAR..BUT THERE'S STILL CHARRED MARKSWHERE THE TWO VEHCILESCRASHED..AROUND 11 THIS MORNING..TONIGHT..INVESTIGATORS SAY..THEY ARE STILL WORKING TOIDENTIFY..THE TWO ADULTS..AND THE CHILD KILLED IN THEFIERY CRASHTHE VIOLENT CRASH..BROUGHT TRAFFIC TO ACRAWL..IN THE SPAGHETTI BOWL..MOMENTS BEFORE THIS INFERNO..A FATHER..AND HIS 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER..WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE CRASH..WITH THE HELP OF A BYSTANDER.."WHEN WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TOGET THE VEHICLES APART ANDOVER THE WALL AND CONTINUE OURINVESTIGATION ARE FATAL TEAMDID LOCATE THREE INDIVIDUALS INA SEDAN.TWO APPEAR TO BE ADULT AGE ANDONE CHILD AND WE ALSO FOUND ADECEASED DOG IN THE CAR.VOLVO SEDAN..WAS PINNED UNDER THETRUCK...WHICH WAS TOWING AN OFFROAD..ORANGE TRUCK AT THE TIME.."THE LICENSE PLATES ARE BURNEDTHE VIN NUMBERS ARE BURNEDEVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY GONEON THE CAR BASICALLY SO OURINVESTIGATORS HAVE A LONG ROADAHEAD OF THEM ARE PIECING THISONE TOGETHER" POLICE SAY THEWHITE VOLVO WAS SPEEDING..AND SWERVING...AMONG TRAFFIC.THIS IS VIDEO ABOUT 5 SECONDSBEFORE THE CRASH..FROM ATRAFFIC CAMERA SHOWING THEWHITE SEDAN PASSING THETRUCK..
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AND I-15...BOTH CONTINUED NORTH BUT AS THETRUCK EXITED ONTO THE RAMP FORUS 95...THE WHITE SEDAN MADE A LASTMINUTE MANEUVER...CROSSING OVER THE RESTRICTEDWHITE LINES..SLAMMING INTO THE TRUCK..AND SENDING BOTH OVER THEEDGE."WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY SEEN SOAND AGAIN TODAY THE LOSS OFLIFE IS PURELY UNIMAGINABLE ANDUNACCEPTABLE."INVESTIGATORS HAVE FOUND ATROUBLING TREND ON ROADWAYS..THE PANDEMIC..HAS GIVEN WAY TO AN EPIDEMICOF SPEEDING..MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF DEADLYCRASHES IN SOUTHERN NEVADA..ARE NOW BLAMED ON SPEEDING..."WHEN WE STARTED HAVING COVIDAND THE PANDEMIC AND EVERYONEWAS STAYING HOME, NATIONWIDEALL OF THE HIGHWAY PATROLARE STILL HIGH BUT NOW WE HAVEPEOPLE ON THE ROAD, THERE'SSTILL OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE." OVER THE WEEKEND..TROOPERS CLOCKED A CAR GOING114..ON I-15...AUTHORITIES SAY IT'S ADANGEROUS AND DEADLY MIX..WITH ROADS BECOMING MORECROWDED..THIS CRASH WAS CAUGHT BYMULTIPLE CAMERAS FROM MULTIPLEANGLES..WE'RE TOLD...CAMERAS FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES..WHICH IS HELPING IN THEINVESTIGATION...AGAIN..THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE SEDAN..HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED..THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER IN THETRUCK..
WERE SHAKEN UP..BUT ARE OK TONIGHT..REPORTING LIVE JOE BARTELS 13ACTION NEWS.NEW RESTRICTIONS...COULD BE COMING....IN CLARK COUNTY....THE SPREAD....
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