Cell Phone Use Called Key in Fatal Crash
From Times Wire Reports
A Henderson woman became the first Nevada resident indicted on charges of causing a fatal crash while driving and talking on a cell phone, prosecutors said.
Karen Morris, 34, was charged with causing a March 25 crash that killed Leona Greif, 61, and Marcia Nathans, 65, at a Las Vegas Beltway crossroads. A third person in Greif’s car remains hospitalized.
Nevada Highway Patrol crash investigators determined Morris was driving 64 mph in a 45 mph zone.
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