Las Vegas Officer Killed in Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home from Shift

Officer Colton Pulsipher and another man died at the scene, and a woman was transported by Mercy Air with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Officer Colton Pulsipher of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police was killed in a crash early Thursday while driving home from his shift.Officer Colton Pulsipher of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police was killed in a crash early Thursday while driving home from his shift.Las Vegas Metro PD/Facebook

A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer was killed early Thursday morning in a crash involving a wrong-way driver. Officer Colton Pulsipher, 29, was driving home on I-15 when he was killed.

Pulsipher and another man died at the scene, and a woman was transported by Mercy Air with injuries that were not life-threatening, the Review Journal reports.

Police said Pulsipher was assigned to the traffic bureau’s tourist safety division.

He is survived by his wife, Ashlee, and their three children: Carlee, 5, Brett, 2, and Jonny, 11 months, according to a memorial page by Behind the Blue, a nonprofit dedicated to provide relief to Southern Nevada Law Enforcement.


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