According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, a Pahrump woman was killed on Friday when a tire on the Mercedes-Benz she was driving failed and the car overturned.
The accident occurred about 1:30 p.m. as she was going northbound on U.S. 95 north of mile marker 33 in Nye County.
Officials said that it seems that the woman lost control when the right rear tire failed and the car ran off the highway and overturned. As the car overturned, the 37 year old driver was partially ejected. The Mercedes came to rest on its wheels facing southeast in the natural desert terrain east of the roadway.
Officials went on to say that a preliminary investigation discovered that the woman was not wearing a seat belt. However they were still unaware as to what caused the tire to fail.
She was pronounced dead at the scene, but her name was not immediately released.
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