9 people dead after driver sped through a red light in North Las Vegas, officials say victims range from juveniles to middle-aged adults

• Nine people died in a fatal car crash in North Las Vegas on Saturday, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
• Officials said a driver of a Dodge Challenge sped through a red light and hit multiple vehicles.

Nine people died in North Las Vegas, Nevada over the weekend after a car sped through a red light and crashed into several vehicles in what authorities described as a "mass-casualty traffic collision."

Officials officers responded to the scene of the deadly six-car crash crash shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

According to the report, a Dodge Challenger was speeding north on Commerce Street before running through the light and colliding with other cars.

"And, with that, it struck multiple vehicles and, unfortunately, it was a chaotic event," Alexander Cuevas, North Las Vegas Police public information officer, said at a news conference on Saturday, ABC News reported.

Fifteen people were impacted by the crash, officials said, and two people at the scene were transported to a local hospital where one was pronounced dead and the other remained in critical condition, according to reports.

The driver of the Dodge Challenger also died in the fatal collision. The deceased victims range from juveniles to middle-aged adults, ABC News reported.

"We have not seen a mass-casualty traffic collision like this before," Cuevas told the outlet.

The North Las Vegas Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.