Man injured in March traffic accident has died, police say
Dwayne Wilson, right, a volunteer with the specialty traffic response team, uses police tape to block off the intersection at West Charleston Boulevard and Sky Vista Drive after a serious car accident and separate search and rescue operation, Sunday, March 27, 2016. Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Las Vegas Metro officer Carl Boehner, right, and Dwayne Wilson, a volunteer with the specialty traffic response team, block off the entrance to Red Rock Canyon at the intersection of West Charleston Boulevard and Sky Vista Drive after a serious car accident and separate search and rescue operation, Sunday, March 27, 2016. Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Dwayne Wilson, a volunteer with the specialty traffic response team, directs Metro officers to the location of a serious car accident and separate search and rescue operation at Red Rock Canyon at the intersection of West Charleston Boulevard and Sky Vista Drive, Sunday, March 27, 2016. Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Dwayne Wilson, a volunteer with the specialty traffic response team, uses police tape to block off the intersection at West Charleston Boulevard and Sky Vista Drive after a serious car accident and separate search and rescue operation, Sunday, March 27, 2016. Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
An 81-year-old man who was injured in a March traffic accident has died, Las Vegas police said Wednesday.
Las Vegas resident Stanley Betts was seriously injured March 27 after a collision with another vehicle ejected him from his pickup truck.
The crash occurred on West Charleston Boulevard west of the 215 Beltway, near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Betts was taken to University Medical Center after the crash.
According to the Clark County coroner’s office, Betts died Aug. 12 from complications of blunt force injuries. The death was ruled an accident.
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