Driver Airlifted in Traffic Accident near U.S. 93 

A driver was airlifted following the collision with a semi-truck in Las Vegas on Friday morning. 

The major injury crash occurred on November 5th just after 4:00 a.m., per reports. 

Metro Police stated that the semi was in the process of making a u-turn when they collided with a northbound vehicle. 

The driver of the car sustained major injuries and was airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. 

Authorities also shut down the area for investigation and cleanup. 

Investigators are actively working to uncover more information into the collision. 

It is most often those in passenger cars that are killed in large truck collisions. Semi trucks typically weigh 20-30 times as much as passenger cars which leaves occupants of smaller cars more vulnerable. 

According to the D.O.T., in 2019 67% of fatal collisions involving large trucks were occupants of a passenger car.

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