STATELINE, CA, (Pain In The Pass) >> A fatal crash involving an overturned semi tractor trailer and a sedan, closed a lane of southbound Interstate 15 for hours near Stateline Saturday night.
California Highway Patrol, Nevada Highway Patrol, Clark County Fire Department and San Bernardino County Fire Department were on the scene of an overturned semi car hauler. The semi had multiple vehicles on the trailer that fell off the and were on fire about one mile before the Yates Well Road exit at about 10:06pm on Saturday April 1, 2023.
Rescue crews and firefighters were on the scene and had to temporarily shut down the southbound side of the freeway while they worked on getting the all the vehicle fires put out. The vehicle that was involved in the accident was one of the cars on fire. They were both traveling on the southbound side, then both collided off the roadway and the sedan was “fully engulfed” in flames with heavy damage. It was reported to be a Chevrolet Malibu sedan. The semi overturned and sending some of the vehicles off of the trailer and that were also reported to be on fire too. At this time it’s unknown who cause or what cause the collision.
Family members and the help of good Samaritans reportedly tried to reach in the vehicle to get a boy out of the burning vehicle. Very sad to report they could not reach the 4-month-old boy in time, because the flames were to intense.
One person was injured and was reported to be transported to St. Rose Hospital in unknown condition. The 4-month-olds identity has not been released publicly at this time.
CHP opened the fast lane at 10:30pm and all lanes were reopened by 9am on Sunday morning. At one point traffic was backed up all the way to just before Primm Nevada.
We will update this story with more information when the 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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