Gabriela Casias, 9, killed and several people injured in rollover crash on I-15 in Las Vegas, Nevada

Modified Date: 
Mon, 06/19/2017 - 8:41am
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Woman driving in fatal Las Vegas reckless driving crash gets probation

If she does not complete the probation, Carrion could face up to five years in prison. A woman who was behind the wheel in a crash that killed her 9-year-old niece was given probation Wednesday. The attorney read a letter from Cindi Casias-Perez, Carrion's sister and the mother of Gabriela Casias, who died in the wreck. The Ford Explorer Carrion drove the day of the crash was not equipped for six child passengers, NHP said. She was convicted in North Las Vegas in 2013 of driving without a license and not properly restraining a child in a vehicle.

Coroner IDs girl killed in morning rollover crash

Witnesses are urged to call NHP if they saw anything that might have caused the crash. The phone number is 702-486-4100. The other car that may have been involved is described as a silver sedan with a white background license plate.

The Clark County Coroner's Office has identified the young girl killed in the rollover crash Wednesday morning as 9-year-old Gabriela Casias. Her cause of death is still pending. The 9-year-old girl was killed when the SUV she was riding in rolled over on I-15 northbound near D Street at around 8 a.m. According to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Loy Hixson, a 22-year-old woman was driving the vehicle and there were six children as passengers, all were under the age of 10. Three of the children were ejected from the vehicle, including Gabriela Casias. A 6-year-old girl was critically injured. The other children, ages 1, 2, 4 and 6, and the driver are in stable condition at University Medical Center. Police say the driver had just dropped off Gabriela's mother at work prior to the crash. The driver is the mother of four of the children and the other two children are her sister's. NHP said the Ford SUV may have been cut off by another driver. "What we do have in Nevada is a law where we call it a non-contact vehicle. It's a vehicle where the drivers actions may have caused an accident. Fortunately, you don't have to actually hit the vehicle itself, but their actions, themselves is a major contributor to that incident. We look into that, of course, if there is another vehicle involved with that driver, they could face charges because of the fatality," Hixson said. Witnesses are urged to call NHP if they saw anything that might have caused the crash. The phone number is 702-486-4100. The other car that may have been involved is described as a silver sedan with a white background license plate.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Gabriela Casias
Roadway: 
I-15

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