Coroner IDs man in wheelchair hit, killed in Las Vegas crash
Clark County Coroner. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
The Clark County coroner identified the man struck and killed by an SUV last week in the southeast valley.
The man, 49-year-old Albert Marquez, was crossing Desert Inn Road near Eastern Avenue in a wheelchair when he was struck by a Cadillac Escalade, police said.
Marquez was not in a marked crosswalk when he was hit, police said. The Cadillac’s driver, 57-year-old Fernando Fernandez, was suspected of impairment and was arrested at the scene.
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