October 22, 2026 - 4:15 pm

A woman accused of reckless driving was traveling more than 90 mph when she drove into oncoming traffic and slammed into an SUV in the west Las Vegas Valley, according to a Metropolitan Police Department arrest report.

Corazon Blackwell, 58, was arrested and booked in absentia at the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of reckless driving after driving her Honda CR-V east in the westbound lanes of West Sahara Avenue , east of South Tenaya Way on Oct. 15, police said previously. Las Vegas Justice Court records show she faces a charge of reckless driving resulting in death or substantial bodily harm.

Police said data collected after the crash showed Blackwell was traveling 93 mph when she collided head-on with Alexander Archer, who was in a black BMW iX, according to Blackwell’s arrest report, which noted the speed limit at the location of the crash is 45 mph.

Both drivers were taken to University Medical Center with critical injuries and that debris from the crash damaged…