A six-vehicle crash killed nine people and left one person in critical condition in a wreck that police in Nevada said was caused by a speeding driver
"We have not seen a mass casualty traffic collision like this before," Cuevas said at the briefing around 11 p.m. local time.
The crash was reported at 3 p.m., Cuevas said, after the driver"struck multiple vehicles, causing a chaotic event." Some of the vehicles struck were pushed into a vacant lot on the intersection. The ages of the people who died ranged from young juveniles to middle-aged adults. Two people were taken to a hospital where one died and the other was in critical condition, Cuevas said.
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