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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after a pre-dawn multi-vehicle crash involving a taxi on a busy thoroughfare several blocks west of the Las Vegas Strip.
Officer Laura Meltzer says at least three vehicles were involved in the head-on wreck about 5:45 a.m. Friday on Spring Mountain Road near Lindell Road.
Police Lt. Steve Candelas tells KSNV-TV MyNews3 (http://bit.ly/1ycxcZh ) the taxi driver and the driver of one other car were killed. No passengers were in the taxi.
Names weren't immediately made public.
Police say a sedan swerved into oncoming traffic, hitting the taxi.
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