According to sources, nine people were pronounced dead and one person was critically injured in a six-vehicle accident in North Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the accident was a “chaotic occurrence” that occurred at 3 p.m. local time, according to Alexander Cuevas, a spokesperson for the police.
According to him, the collision was caused by a motorist in a maroon Dodge Challenger who was speeding through a red light. He further said that the Challenger’s driver and a passenger were killed.
Cuevas said that one of those slain died after being transferred to a hospital. He stated that the seriously wounded victim was under treatment at University Medical Center.
According to the publication, 15 persons were in the cars involved in the accident.
“We have not seen a mass casualty traffic collision like this before,” Cuevas said just after 11 p.m. local time.
According to the spokesperson, several of the automobiles that were hit were thrown into an adjacent empty lot.
The victims varied in age from toddlers to middle-aged folks.
According to the Associated Press, a prior collision on Jan. 10 killed four people.
According to the Review-Journal, last year was the bloodiest on Nevada highways in 14 years, with casualties counting 382. North Las Vegas is the city of roughly 250,000 people situated near to the gambling capital, having a population of about 630,000 people.
