US: 9 die in 6-car Las Vegas pile-up as speeding driver jumps red light
- Young people, driver among dead, say police, with vehicle travelling at a ‘high rate of speed’
- ‘We have not seen a mass-casualty traffic collision like this before’
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Nine people died in Las Vegas when a car sped through a red light and smashed into five other vehicles, police said on Saturday.
“We have not seen a mass-casualty traffic collision like this before,” said North Las Vegas Police Department public information officer Alexander Cuevas.
At about 3pm, a Dodge Challenger car ran a red light at an intersection, moving at “a high rate of speed,” Cuevas told a press conference.
It then “struck multiple vehicles, causing a chaotic event,” he added, saying the smash involved six vehicles and 15 people.
Nine people died, ranging in age from “young juveniles to middle-aged adults” while one person was still in a critical condition in hospital.
Both people inside the Dodge Challenger were among those killed.
Speaking at the same press conference, North Las Vegas councilwoman Pamela Goynes Brown decried what she called a “careless, senseless act”.
