Coroner IDs motor scooter driver killed in crosswalk crash
A fatal accident late Tuesday closed West Charleston Boulevard near South Cimarron Road. (Mike Shoro/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A fatal accident late Tuesday closed West Charleston Boulevard near South Cimarron Road. (Mike Shoro/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The intersection of West Charleston Boulevard and Tomsik Street is closed after a fatal accident Tuesday night. (Mike Shoro/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
An 80-year-old motor scooter driver who died in a crash Jan. 10 has been identified.
She was Catherine Lorraine Gainey of Las Vegas, the Clark County coroner’s office said. Her cause of death was blunt force injuries.
Gainey was injured after a car struck her scooter on West Charleston Boulevard at the South Cimarron Road intersection. She had been traveling on the crosswalk against the signal, police said. The car drove through the green light, hitting Gainey.
She died later that evening at University Medical Center.
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