LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Nevada State Police have shared with Channel 13 that two fatal crashes from last night are under investigation.

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NSP investigates two fatal crashes overnight

Deadly wrong-way collision

The first crash happened around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, shutting down northbound US-95 near Snow Mountain after a wrong-way crash at mile marker 99.

A sedan traveling southbound in the northbound lanes collided with an SUV, which caused the SUV to catch fire.

The sedan’s driver, identified as an adult man, and the unidentified SUV driver both died at the scene, NSP said. A passenger from the sedan was hospitalized in critical condition.

Crash kills motorcyclist

NSP said the second collision happened around 12:31 a.m. on Saturday in the area of westbound Craig Road at I-11, closing the intersection and all on and off ramps at the time.

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According to NSP, the crash involved a sport utility vehicle and a motorcycle. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, NSP said.

The valley’s new initiative

These incidents come after we told you about multiple critical crashes that followed the 100 Deadliest Days that caused death and serious injury.

To combat these fatalities after Labor Day weekend, the Nevada Zero Fatalities Program announced their “2026 “Drive Like a Nevadan” campaign.

NSN Tonight from Mackay Stadium: Nevada readies for Montana State, FCS’ national champions

When piecing together Nevada football’s 2026 schedule, head coach Jeff Choate didn’t shy away from challenging his team.

Instead of scheduling a lower-level FCS team, Choate aimed high, reaching out to Montana and Montana State — two perennial national contenders — to come to Mackay Stadium. Nevada ultimately landed on the Bobcats, who have played in three of the last five FCS national title games, winning a championship last January.

“We haven’t shied away from scheduling anybody,” Choate said on Friday’s NSN Tonight from Mackay Stadium. “We famously added the SMU game my first year here. We’ve got to have a different scheduling philosophy as we move forward to build this program the way I want it to be built, and I think (AD) Stephanie (Rempe) and I are on the same page on that. There’s certain things that you have no control over with contracts that were signed years out. But this one to me when I looked at the available teams, I thought there’d be regional interest. This is an old Big Sky rivalry. I don’t think enough’s been made out of that. People in Montana are familiar with coming to Reno for football games.”

The last time Montana State played Nevada came almost 30 years old, a 31-7 Wolf Pack win at Mackay Stadium on Sept. 14, 1996. A lot has changed since then, with Choate having experience at both schools. His first college head-coaching job came at Montana State from 2016-20 where he helped elevate the program and put it on the path that eventually led to last year’s national title.

Choate said he was rooting for the Bobcats in last year’s championship game and credits his time in Bozeman with helping him develop as a coach.

“There was a lot of learning that had to take place,” Choate said. “My demeanor. Managing a staff instead of managing your side of the ball or your area of responsibility. Holistic recruiting versus area or position recruiting. Dealing with the administration. That was probably one of the most difficult things that I had to figure out. Donor relations. Understanding what a program needs. You have to look at it from a much more global standpoint. I had a really interesting thing happen. Thirty days after I got the job, they fired the AD that hired me. We were kind of a rudderless ship for about eight months.

“We ended on bringing in Leon Costello, who’s currently the athletic director there, and he’s done a fabulous job with that program. But that set us back at least a year because you don’t know who to go to for, ‘Hey, we need to paint the wall down here in the weight room. Who do I talk to about that?’ And I just started doing stuff on my own, and that didn’t work out real well, either. I think I just learned a lot about myself. I learned a lot about the job and what it takes to lead a staff, not just a team.”

At Montana State, Choate led the Bobcats from four wins to five to eight to 11, reaching the FCS semifinals in his final season with the team. He’s taken on a similar rebuild at Nevada, which has won three games in each of Choate’s first two seasons but looked like a far superior outfit in a 49-14 season-opening win against Western Kentucky last week. While impressive, Choate knows his team must be better this week. Nevada is a betting-line home underdog to Montana State.

“I’ve kind of had the vision that we’re starting to get to in terms of the physicality and the discipline,” Choate said. “We really didn’t beat ourselves. We had the one turnover that was an ill-advised throw by Carter (Jones). But we were pretty clean. We didn’t have a lot of unforced errors. Some of the penalties were aggressive penalties, not dumb penalties. I thought we played with class, but we played at a high level in terms of intensity and physicality. I do think there’s more meat on the bone. I think that we can still get more out of our guys, and that’s who we have to be. We need to be feared not for our athleticism but for our for ferocity. That’s what I want.”

After Nevada drew 19,404 fans for its season opener, the Wolf Pack could draw a larger crowd this week as Montana State fans have traveled in large numbers to Reno this weekend. Choate said that was another reason he wanted to schedule an FCS power to play his Wolf Pack.

“One of things we’ve got to do is get more people in Mackay,” Choate said. “If that means they’re wearing blue and gold instead of silver and blue, I’m OK with that. Let’s create more of a game day atmosphere here. Playing a good opponent makes you better. We’re gonna be tested. We know that. I think they’re gonna be tested. I think our speed and athleticism is gonna be a little bit more than what they’ve seen in the first two contests. But I know they’re talented enough to adjust and adapt to that. I’m looking for a good football game. Let’s make it a four-quarter fight. Let’s get this thing into the end of the fourth quarter and give us a chance to really see where we’re at and measure ourselves against an excellent opponent.”

You can see the full interview with Jeff Choate at the top of this page.