Nevada State Police identify 23-year-old in fatal Mineral County commercial vehicle rollover
Nevada State Police Highway Patrol division has identified a 23-year-old man who died Dec. 29 in a single commercial vehicle rollover in Mineral County.
Crossifixio Smith, listed as a California resident, died from injuries while being transported to an area hospital following the Wednesday, Dec. 29 crash.
According to a Nevada State Police news release, on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, at approximately 2:17 a.m., Troopers responded to a single commercial vehicle rollover on SR-360 and Mineral County mile marker 14.
Preliminary investigation shows that a white 2018 Freightliner tractor with a loaded box trailer was traveling east on SR-360 in the area of Mineral County mile marker 14.
For unknown reasons, the tractor and trailer left the roadway to the right. The driver, Smith, steered left, reentered the roadway abruptly and then drove off the roadway to the right a second time, according to the news release. The tractor and trailer then overturned on its side.
This crash is being investigated by the Highway Patrol Division’s Northern Command West Multi-Disciplinary Investigation and Reconstruction Team (M.I.R.T.) - Case No. 211202183. If anyone has any information about this crash, please send an email to ncwmirt@dps.state.nv.us and reference the case number.