Pedestrian struck, killed in east Las Vegas
December 15, 2019 - 5:08 pm
Updated December 15, 2019 - 7:56 pm
Police investigate a crash that killed a pedestrian Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, on Boulder Highway near Missouri Avenue in Las Vegas. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Las Vegas Review-Journal/File)
A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle that ran a red light Sunday afternoon in the east valley, Las Vegas police said.
A silver sedan hit the pedestrian at Boulder Highway and Missouri Avenue and continued south on Boulder to the East Russell Road intersection and struck a light pole just after 3:30 p.m., according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Brian Boxler.
The driver ran from the scene, and officers apprehended him south of that intersection, Boxler said. Impairment is suspected.
The pedestrian was transported to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and died there.
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