Suspect in fatal DUI crash at Las Vegas bus stop ID’d
Las Vegas police have identified a man accused of striking and killing a man waiting at a bus stop Sunday morning while driving drunk.
Rigoberto Flores-Tovar, 46, was driving a 2002 Toyota Tundra on N. Pecos Road around 7:13 a.m. when he made a wide right turn onto Washington Avenue, police said Monday in a news release. Then he drove onto the sidewalk, hitting a light pole then the man at the bus stop, it said.
The Clark County coroner’s office had not identified the 43-year old victim by midday Monday.
Flores-Tovar sustained moderate injuries from the crash and was arrested at University Medical Center. He faces a charge of driving under the influence resulting in death.
He remained in the Clark County Detention Center on Monday with bail set at $320,000.
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