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Las Vegas police investigate the scene where a woman was struck by a car on Rainbow Boulevard near Twain Avenue on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The woman, believed to be in her 70s or 80s, was taken to University Medical Center in critical and unresponsive condition. The driver remained at the scene. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police investigate the scene where a woman was struck by a car on Rainbow Boulevard near Twain Avenue on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The woman, believed to be in her 70s or 80s, was taken to University Medical Center in critical and unresponsive condition. The driver remained at the scene. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A man who appears to be the driver of the vehicle that struck a woman is seen as Las Vegas police investigate the incident, on Rainbow Boulevard near Twain Avenue, on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The woman, believed to be in her 70s or 80s, was taken to University Medical Center in critical and unresponsive condition. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police investigate the scene where a woman was struck by a car on Rainbow Boulevard near Twain Avenue on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The woman, believed to be in her 70s or 80s, was taken to University Medical Center in critical and unresponsive condition. The driver remained at the scene. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Personal belongings are seen as Las Vegas police investigate where a woman was struck by a car on Rainbow Boulevard near Twain Avenue on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The woman, believed to be in her 70s or 80s, was taken to University Medical Center in critical and unresponsive condition. The driver remained at the scene. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police investigate the scene where a woman was struck by a car on Rainbow Boulevard near Twain Avenue on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The woman, believed to be in her 70s or 80s, was taken to University Medical Center in critical and unresponsive condition. The driver remained at the scene. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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By CASSANDRA TALOMA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
March 11, 2015 - 11:25 am
 

An 81-year-old woman was critically injured early Wednesday after she was struck by a car in the southwest valley, Las Vegas police said.

Joan Freeman was crossing Rainbow Boulevard north of the Twain Avenue intersection outside a crosswalk when she was struck by a 2003 Mercedes-Benz northbound on Rainbow at 6:07 a.m., police said.

Freeman was taken to University Medical Center in critical condition, police said. She was unconscious.

The driver, a 36-year-old man, stayed at the crash site to talk to police.

Northbound Rainbow was closed at Twain Avenue about three hours while police investigated.

Metro’s Fatal Detail responded to the crash, which remains under investigation.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Contact Cassandra Taloma at ctaloma@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @CassandraTaloma.

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