Police: 16-year-old Las Vegas boy riding scooter dies after crash involving SUV
A 16-year-old boy has died from injuries he suffered after the scooter he was riding was struck by an SUV, Las Vegas police said Friday.
The Metropolitan Police Department was notified by the Clark County coroner’s office that the boy died Tuesday, four days after the initial incident, according to a news release. The coroner’s office on Monday identified the boy as Aireon Avery and said he died of blunt force injuries.
On July 11, officers responded to the area of East Sierra Vista Drive, west of South Maryland Parkway, in reference to a crash involving a boy riding a Razor scooter at 4:20 p.m.
Police say Avery was riding the non-electric scooter northbound down a parking lot ramp in the area when a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe heading eastbound on Sierra Vista Drive was approaching Maryland Parkway from the left turn lane. According to the release, boy may have been performing a stunt as he approached the roadway, overturned, and fell into the Tahoe’s path of travel.
The SUV driver, identified as 33-year-old Adam Martinez of Las Vegas, was unable to avoid the boy and ran him over, police said. Avery was transported to the Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center’s trauma unit by ambulance with life-threatening injures. He was later admitted to the hospital.
Police said Martinez stayed at the scene and cooperated with the investigation. Martinez did not show signs of impairment.
A GoFundMe digital fundraiser that as of Monday had raised nearly $1,100 of its stated $4,500 goal. The initiative was started by relatives of Avery, according to a website official who validated the authenticity of the fundraiser. The organizer could not immediately be reached for comment.
The collision remains under investigation. The boy’s death marked the 91st traffic-related fatality counted in Metro’s jurisdiction this year.
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