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Driver critically injured in single-vehicle crash

Updated Friday, Aug. 7, 2015 | 3:04 p.m.

A 22-year-old man was critically injured early today when the pickup truck he was driving hit a concrete barrier along Warm Springs Road and crashed into a streetlight pole, according to Metro Police.

The 2005 Nissan Frontier was east on Warm Springs about 4:20 a.m. when it drifted off the road and hit the barrier, police said. It crossed Tenaya Way, crashed into the pole and stopped in a landscaped area, police said.

The driver, Joseph M. Rosales of Las Vegas was taken to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, police said. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.

The crash is under investigation.

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