Las Vegas Sun

May 19, 2024

Jackknifed truck blocking lanes on I-15 North near Tropicana

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Steve Marcus

A crew cleans up at an accident involving a semitractor-trailer in the northbound lanes of I-15 near Tropicana Avenue Tuesday, April 19, 2016.

Three northbound lanes of Interstate 15 were shut down near Tropicana Avenue as authorities cleared up a wreck involving a semitractor-trailer, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

The truck jackknifed about 9:30 a.m., hitting the concrete center divider, Trooper Chelsea Stuenkel said. Two other vehicles were involved.

A person in one of the vehicles was taken to University Medical Center with injuries that did not appear life threatening, Stuenkel said.

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