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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say one driver is dead and another was hurt in a wrong-way collision in northern Nevada.
Nevada Highway Patrol officials say the accident happened Friday around 11 p.m. on Pyramid Highway near Spanish Springs.
According to investigators, 56-year-old Bret Harris, of Reno, was traveling the wrong way in the southbound lane of the two-lane highway.
His vehicle collided head-on with a car driven by 19-year-old Andrea Perrine, of Sparks.
The NHP says Harris, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died of his injuries at the scene.
Perrine was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Authorities say she was wearing a seatbelt.
There were no other occupants in either car.
Investigators have not determined what may have caused Harris to drive the wrong way.
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