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Hit-and-run driver hits transformer, sparks fire

A car crashed into electrical transformer near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road Wednesday night. The transformer sparked and caught a tree on fire. (Graydon Johns/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A car crashed into an electrical transformer near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road late Wednesday night, Jan.28, 2015, causing a fire in a tree and knocking out power in the neighborhood for a short time. (Graydon Johns/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A car crashed into an electrical transformer near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road late Wednesday night, Jan.28, 2015, causing a fire in a tree and knocking out power in the neighborhood for a short time. (Graydon Johns/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A car crashed into an electrical transformer near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road late Wednesday night, Jan.28, 2015, causing a fire in a tree and knocking out power in the neighborhood for a short time. (Graydon Johns/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A car crashed into an electrical transformer near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road late Wednesday night, Jan.28, 2015, causing a fire in a tree and knocking out power in the neighborhood for a short time. (Graydon Johns/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A car crashed into an electrical transformer near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road late Wednesday night, Jan.28, 2015, causing a fire in a tree and knocking out power in the neighborhood for a short time. (Graydon Johns/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A car crashed into an electrical transformer near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road late Wednesday night, Jan.28, 2015, causing a fire in a tree and knocking out power in the neighborhood for a short time. (Graydon Johns/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A car crashed into an electrical transformer near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road late Wednesday night, Jan.28, 2015, causing a fire in a tree and knocking out power in the neighborhood for a short time. (Graydon Johns/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A car crashed into an electrical transformer near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road late Wednesday night, Jan.28, 2015, causing a fire in a tree and knocking out power in the neighborhood for a short time. (Graydon Johns/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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By RICARDO TORRES LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
January 29, 2015 - 8:59 am
 

A Wednesday night hit-and-run crash left a southwest valley neighborhood without electricity for a short time.

Las Vegas police were called to the area of Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road about 11:30 p.m., Metro spokeswoman officer Laura Meltzer said.

Witnesses on the scene said a car slammed into an electrical transformer, which cause it to spark and catch a tree on fire. Clark County firefighters extinguished the fire.

They said the driver was seen stumbling out of the car and running away.

The driver was possibly picked up by a second vehicle and an arrest had been reported Thursday morning, Meltzer said.

Power in the area was momentarily out. NV Power was on the scene.

Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites

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