Man dead from an apparent hit and run in downtown Las Vegas
A man has died from injuries that Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said appeared to be from being struck by a vehicle in the area of Bonneville Avenue and 8th Street.
According to Lt. CJ Jenkins and the Metro traffic incident webpage, sometime before 10 p.m. Friday, firefighters responded to a report of a man lying in the road.
Upon arriving on the scene, Jenkins said, the firefighters discovered the man had suffered “injuries consistent with being hit by a a vehicle. Police were then requested.”
Jenkins said the man was transported to UMC Trauma where he died.
Jenkins said the vehicle did not remain on the scene and no witnesses to the incident have been found.
