Police: Pedestrian struck, killed by pickup truck on Boulder Highway
A pedestrian is dead after he was hit by a pickup truck in the east Las Vegas Valley Wednesday afternoon, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Police said a man entered traffic outside of a crosswalk and was struck by a pickup truck heading south on Boulder Highway between Missouri and Hamilton avenues, southeast of Tropicana Avenue, just after 5:20 p.m.
”An unhoused individual darted out into traffic on Boulder hwy outside of a crosswalk and was struck by a pickup truck traveling in the southbound lanes,” Metro Lt. Charles Jenkins said in a text message.
The man was taken to a hospital but later died, Jenkins said.
Traffic on northbound and southbound Boulder Highway was expected to be closed for three to four hours, police stated.
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