On Sunday, February 21st, an accident on the 215 Beltway left one woman dead and nine more in hospital.
According to Nevada Highway Patrol, the accident happened shortly after 9 p.m. on the Beltway westbound on ramp, from Interstate 15 northbound, near Las Vegas Boulevard.
A white Ford E350 Econoline van was traveling at speed in the rain, which was too fast for the conditions, and the driver lost control. The van then spun and left the roadway, crossing a concrete median and overturning. A Las Vegas woman, 48 year old Sheila Williams was seated in the second row of the van and even though she was wearing a seat belt she was ejected from the van through the windshield and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nine of the remaining occupants of the van suffered non life threatening injuries and they were taken to University Medical Center.
The beltway was closed going west until the following morning while the accident was investigated.
This was Nevada Highway Patrol Southern Command’s ninth fatal accident so far this year.
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