Coroner IDs Las Vegas man who died days after Sunday crash
A Clark County Coroner and Medical Examiner vehicle parked at headquarters at 1704 Pinto Lane in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @vegasphotograph
A man who suffered injuries in an east valley crash Sunday and died Wednesday has been identified.
He was 76-year-old Melvin Richards of Las Vegas, the Clark County coroner’s office said.
Richards may have suffered from a medical episode that caused the crash at Mountain Vista Street and Flamingo Road.
Another person was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center with injuries not considered life-threatening.
The coroner’s office listed his cause of death as an accident due to multiple injuries.
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