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5 killed in fiery crash after car tries to pass pickup

Updated Monday, May 21, 2018 | 2:42 p.m.

Five people were killed and another injured Sunday afternoon in a multivehicle crash on U.S. 95 in Amargosa Valley, about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, authorities said.

The crash occurred at 4:23 p.m., according to Nevada Highway Patrol logs.

The patrol says the three-vehicle collision in Nye County happened when a car tried to pass a pickup truck on U.S. 95.

Authorities say when the car moved into the southbound lane, it collided head-on with a car and then hit the side of the truck.

The passing car burst into flames and two people were killed. Two more people were killed in the other car.

The pickup truck flipped, killing the driver. A female passenger was critically injured and flown to a hospital. She is expected to survive.

The crash closed the highway near Amargosa Valley for hours.

Las Vegas Sun reporter Ricardo Torres-Cortez and the Associated Press contributed to this report.