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A 68-year-old woman died after a ping-pong crash that occurred in the western Las Vegas Valley area. Police say that Shirley Roush, of Henderson, was inside a Kia Rio on Peacock Avenue between Charleston Boulevard and Alta Drive when the driver of a Honda Civic, who may have been racing against another vehicle, lost control of …
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Officers took a 15-year-old boy into custody for his role in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a 17-year-old girl. Authorities state that the boy, whose name was not released, was operating a pickup truck at a high rate of speed on Cheyenne Avenue near the Clayton Street intersection when he apparently lost control of …
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A speeding driver apparently lost control of his vehicle and careened onto an east Las Vegas sidewalk, killing three boys and seriously injuring another one. 28-year-old Joseph Eskandarian briefly fled the scene before authorities apprehended him. According to witnesses, Mr. Eskandarian was unable to stay on the road as he tried to pass another vehicle. …
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Police are looking for the driver of a 1990s black Cadillac sedan who hopped a North Las Vegas curb and plowed into three pedestrians, sending two of them to the hospital with serious injuries. The unidentified tortfeasor (negligent driver) was northbound on Civic Center Drive near the Gowan Road intersection when the vehicle suddenly hit …
Posted by Farhan Naqvi | Traffic Laws
Since at least the early 1990s, law enforcement at all levels has been on a campaign to decrease the number of intoxication-related vehicle collisions. Yet despite the proliferation of tough new laws and law enforcement tools, alcohol is still a factor in a third of the fatal collisions in Nevada. Even though it is widely …
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