MOUNTAIN PASS, CA (Pain In The Pass) >>One person was killed in a head-on crash on Interstate 15 near Stateline Tuesday morning, the result of a wrong-way driver.
At approximately 7:45am on October 18, 2022, a white Toyota Camry sedan was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of I-15, between Bailey Road and Nipton Rd. It then struck a white pick-up truck head on and damaged another vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.
San Bernardino County Fire Department arrived on scene and requested a medical helicopter to transport one of the two people injured. Despite life-saving rescue measures, firefighters and CHP officials said the wrong way driver was pronounced deceased at the scene. The male driver of the pickup was transported by Mercy Air #7 to University Medical Center Las Vegas in unknown condition. The other driver wasn’t injured.
We will update this story with more information when the CHP’s preliminary accident report is available. Additional details were limited at this time. This incident will be under investigation by the California Highway Patrol Barstow Office.
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