Suspect in fatal hit-and-run crash in west Las Vegas Valley arrested
A woman has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash last month in the west Las Vegas Valley.
Karen Cannon, 63, of Las Vegas, was taken into custody Wednesday, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release.
The crash occurred just before 1:20 a.m. on May 13 on North Rainbow Boulevard at the intersection with Vegas Drive.
Authorities said that evidence at the scene, witness statements and video evidence indicated that a Tesla Model Y was heading south on Rainbow when the victim, later identified as Patrick Deloriea, 32, was struck while trying to cross Rainbow on the north side of the intersection. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
One of his friends and colleagues, Lauren Murphie, said she was relieved to hear an arrest had been made in Deloriea’s case.
“I hope this will bring some peace to his family,” Murphie said in a text message. “But even with an arrest being made, I implore us as a community to do better than this. There have been too many traffic deaths this year, and all of them were preventable.”
Rebecca Hahn, Deloriea’s wife, thanked the lead detective on the case, John Nelson. Hahn said that Nelson “worked religiously” to get justice for the family.
“When I found out about the arrest, I was shocked and felt a culmination of sadness and anger. It was a similar feeling to the one I felt when the coroner told me he died.” Hahn said. “Hopefully, [Cannon] is held accountable.”
Deloriea and Hahn met while working at the Linq, and they were together for 12 years. They share a toddler son named Mason.
“She left the father of my child alone on the street. That is unacceptable and unforgivable,” Hahn added. “Sadly, Mason will have trouble remembering his father because she stripped that from my son and then tried to cover it up. I want her to see him and feel what she has done.”
Cannon faces charges of reckless driving resulting in death or substantial bodily harm, duty to stop at a scene of an accident and destroy and/or conceal evidence.
Cannon’s initial court appearance is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday.
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