LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Two Nevada men were identified following a deadly and fiery crash near Beatty along U.S. 95.
The crash took place on Thursday, Feb. 26, around 2 a.m. The Nevada Highway Patrol, a division of the Nevada State Police, responded to the crash at U.S. 95 just north of mile marker 73 in Nye County.
Fatal crash near Beatty involving semi truck closes Nevada highway
The preliminary investigation indicated that a flatbed tow truck was traveling north on U.S. 95 when the driver failed to drive on the right side of the road and crossed over into the southbound travel lane.
A semi tractor-trailer was traveling south on U.S. 95, approaching the tow truck, and attempted evasive action by braking and swerving to the right to avoid collision, but was unsuccessful and was struck by the tow truck, according to the Nevada State Police.
As a result of the crash, both vehicles caught fire.The driver of the tow truck, Donald Joseph Selters, a 40-year-old male from Tonopah, Nevada, was pronounced deceased on scene…