LAS VEGAS — A quiet stretch of U.S. 95 near Beatty turned deadly early Thursday morning when two Nevada men were killed in a violent head-on collision that left both vehicles burning in the dark.
The crash happened around 2 a.m. on Feb. 26, just north of mile marker 73 in Nye County. According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, a division of the Nevada State Police, a flatbed tow truck was heading northbound when, for reasons still under investigation, it drifted across the center line and into the southbound lane.
Coming the other way was a semi tractor-trailer traveling south. Authorities said the semi driver tried to avoid disaster. He hit the brakes and swerved right, doing what drivers are taught to do in a split second of panic. It was not enough.
The tow truck slammed into the semi. The impact sparked a fire that quickly swallowed both vehicles. Flames lit up the highway before dawn, turning the scene into a deadly blaze on an otherwise empty road.
The tow truck driver was identified as 40-year-old Donald Joseph Selters of Tonopah. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The semi driver, 67-year-old Gregory Keith Glenn of Las Vegas, also died at the scene.
Investigators with the Nevada State Police Highway Patrol’s Major Incident Reconstruction Team are still working to determine exactly what caused the tow truck to cross into oncoming traffic. Officials have not released additional details as the investigation continues.
The loss adds to a troubling count this year. So far in 2026, the Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Southern Command has investigated 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 deaths. Each number marks a life cut short on Nevada roads.
