On June 29 at 1:53 p.m. at I-70 Mile Post: 136.3, an east bound white 2001 Ford F-250 4 door pick up with a camper shell, was in the no. 2 lane.
The vehicle veered across the no.1 lane and into the median. The truck then struck a hillside. The driver (a 77 year old male from Las Vegas Nevada.) was seat belted and later died at the Green River Medical Center.
His wife (a 76 year old female from Las Vegas, Nevada.) and the front seat passenger was not wearing her seat belt and was flown to St. Mary’s hospital in Grand Junction Colorado, where she later died.
A female (a 70 year old from Las Vegas Nevada and a relative of the couple) in the back seat of the truck and was not wearing her seatbelt.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. There are no alcohol or drugs suspected nor was speed a factor. None of the occupants were ejected.
They were traveling from Las Vegas to Colorado for a family reunion.
Names of the victims: Ronald D Frazier (Fatal) 77 years old from Las Vegas Nevada. Mary E. Frazier (Fatal) 76 years old from Las Vegas Nevada. Beverley J. Swanson (Fatal) 70 years old from Las Vegas Nevada.
Three Las Vegas residents die in one vehicle accident
"Three people died in this vehicle that went off the road on I-70."