A 78-year-old man died Wednesday after the dump truck he was driving crashed and overturned in the desert outside of Pahrump, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol
The driver was identified as Donovan Bockstadter of Pahrump. He was driving west on Bell Vista Road, east of Spring Meadows Road, about 6:30 a.m. when the truck ran into the desert, spun around and overturned, according to the patrol.
Bockstadter, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.