According to officials with Nellis Air Force Base, a training weapon fell from a Nellis aircraft Wednesday morning at around 11:30 and struck a truck.

It happened at Las Vegas Boulevard and Beesley Ave. The driver is okay. The weapon is a BDU (bomb dummy unit). It is used to simulate ballistics of real air-to-ground weapons. The device does not carry explosives but does carry a small smoke charge.

Nellis and Metro are jointly investigating the incident.

Press Release from Nellis Air Force Base:

Training device drops from Nellis AFB aircraft

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - Nellis Security Forces and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to reports of a dropped object on Las Vegas Blvd. and Beasley Avenue east of Nellis shortly after 11:30 a.m. today. A training weapon fell from a Nellis aircraft and hit on Nellis AFB property. The device broke apart upon impact, and a piece of the training weapon bounced from base onto Las Vegas Blvd. and hit a truck traveling south. The driver was not hurt. The training weapon, a BDU-33 (bomb dummy unit), is a 25-pound device regularly used to simulate the ballistics of real air-to-ground weapons. This training device does not carry explosives; it carries a small smoke charge which is used to mark its impact point. The BDU-33 is used by F-15E, F-16 and A-10 air-to-ground fighter aircraft. Nellis and Metro are jointly investigating the incident.