By Dave Toplikar

Sat, Aug 16, 2008 (12:03 p.m.)

A 26-year-old woman was killed this morning in a one-car crash in North Las Vegas, according to Metro Police.

Police said the crash occurred at 6:12 a.m. in the desert near North Sky Point Drive at West Moccasin Road. The Las Vegas woman, who has not been identified pending notification of relatives, was driving a 2008 Volkswagen north on Sky Point at Moccasin where the road turns right. The vehicle failed to turn right and went straight north into the desert, police said.

Officers said the Volkswagen hit a dirt embankment and then became airborne, landed then rolled. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The accident, which is the 77th fatality this year in Metro Police's jurisdiction, remains under investigation, police said.