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Wrong-way driver, Honda driver killed in I-15 crash near Las Vegas Motor Speedway
A Hyundai traveling against traffic on northbound I-15 collided head-on with a Honda early Oct. 9, triggering a three-vehicle crash that killed both drivers. Nevada State Police said the crash occurred south of mile marker 55 in Clark County.
Two drivers died after a wrong-way collision involving three vehicles on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Nevada State Police said.
The crash happened at about 3:20 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9, on northbound I-15 south of mile marker 55. Investigators said a 2014 Hyundai Sonata was traveling south in the northbound left lane when it struck a northbound 2025 Honda Civic head-on.
The impact sent the Honda across the northbound lanes, where it was hit by a 2024 Freightliner tractor. The Honda returned to the left lane and caught fire, police said.
The Hyundai’s driver, Keondranique Dyshae Young, 30, of Las Vegas, and the Honda’s driver, Nicole Marie Klunker, 27, of Littlefield, Arizona, died at the scene. The Freightliner driver was not injured and remained there with investigators.
Nevada State Police Highway Patrol’s Southern Command said it had investigated 53 fatal crashes resulting in 59 deaths in 2026 through the time of its announcement Wednesday, Oct. 14.