Las Vegas -- A Las Vegas Metro police officer was killed Thursday morning in a collision near Flamingo Road and Ravenwood Drive.

Police told FOX5 the officer, a two-year veteran, was responding to a call when a pickup truck making a left turn pulled out in front of his police cruiser. The collisionwas described as “nearly head-on” and both the officer and other driver were rushed to University Medical Center’s trauma center.

The officer died at the hospital. Doctors do not yet have an update on the other driver’s condition.

Both directions of Flamingo Road are closed between Rainbow Boulevard and Tenaya Way.