Pedestrian dies after hit by box truck in east Las Vegas

The Metropolitan Police Department said a pedestrian died after she was struck by a box truck late Thursday night in the east Las Vegas Valley.

According to police, the crash occurred at 11:18 p.m. on Eastern Avenue south of Owens Avenue.

In a news release, police said that evidence at the scene and a witness statement indicated that a 38-year-old woman was walking west across Eastern Avenue outside of a marked crosswalk. The woman was identified on Monday by the Clark County coroner’s office as Gloria Nieto. She died of blunt injuries, the coroner’s office ruled.

A 2019 Ram ProMaster box truck was traveling north on Eastern Avenue near the intersection with Owens Avenue when the Nieto was struck, police said.

“The driver remained at the scene and voluntarily consented to a blood draw,” police said in the release.

Nieto was taken to University Medical Center, where she later died.

The pedestrian’s death marked the 89th traffic-related fatality in Las Vegas police’s jurisdiction in 2025.