A gunman died in a shootout that involved multiple police officers after the alleged assailant shot and injured a Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) worker, authorities said. The incident unfolded on Wednesday at around 10 a.m. after the maintenance worker was struck multiple times by gunfire while he was working on resurfacing a highway near Eureka County, according to an NDOT statement. A Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) trooper who was traveling northbound on the highway chased the suspect as he observed him driving in a white Dodge Ram cargo van at a high rate of speed south toward Eureka County. The trooper was assisted in the chase by deputies of the Eureka County Sheriff’s Office in a 35-mile chase and eventually the Dodge Ram was successfully disabled with a tire deflation device, police said. “As the suspect exited the vehicle, he began firing at law enforcement,” NHP officials said. “After …