Pedestrian hit in March crash at Las Vegas intersection dies
A pedestrian struck in a crash on March 31 died Sunday, Las Vegas police said in a news release.
He was 56-year-old Robert Butler of Las Vegas, the Clark County coroner’s office said Tuesday.
Just after 9 on that night in March, a motorcycle struck a pedestrian at East Desert Inn Road and Boulder Highway, the Metropolitan Police Department said. The motorcyclist was traveling through a green light when he hit the pedestrian.
Butler was in a marked crosswalk but had been walking against a red signal, Metro said.
Both were taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center with critical injuries. Butler died later of complications of blunt force injuries, according to the coroner.
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