Pedestrian critically injured, driver accused of DUI in Saturday crash
A pedestrian was critically injured and a driver was accused of DUI after a crash late Saturday night in front of Palace Station, Las Vegas police said.
Louis Bugsley, 62, of Las Vegas, was in a crosswalk just before 11 p.m. on Sahara Avenue at Palace Station "against the pedestrian signal" when he was hit by a 1999 Chevrolet Corvette driven by Emanuel Alcantar-Sanchez, 29, of Las Vegas. Alcantar-Sanchez did have a green light, police said in a news release.
Bugsley was taken to University Medical Center with critical injuries.
Alcantar-Sanchez failed sobriety tests and was arrested, police said. He was facing at least one DUI charge.
The crash is being investigated.
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