Coroner identifies teen killed in car crash
A teenager killed in a car accident Saturday night was identified Monday.
Eddie Ruiz, 16, was killed about 10:45 p.m. after he crashed a white 1994 Honda Civic on Jones Boulevard near Washington Avenue.
Ruiz and a passenger in the vehicle, an unidentified teenager, were taken to University Medical Center, where Ruiz died.
Las Vegas police were looking for the unidentified driver of a second vehicle involved in the crash. Witnesses said the driver left the scene of the accident in a sport utility vehicle or a minivan.
Anyone with information on the accident was urged to call the Las Vegas police at 702-828-3128 or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.
Contact reporter Mike Blasky at mblasky@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0283.
