Two dead as crash shuts down US 95 northwest of Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A crash has left two people dead and shut down a rural Nevada highway Thursday morning, according to authorities.

The crash was reported just after 2:15 a.m. on U.S. 95 at mile marker 73 in Nye County, about 13 miles north of Beatty, Trooper Shawn Haggstrom with Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol said in an email.

A semi-truck tractor-trailer and a tow truck were involved, and both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Haggstrom…

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