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Running red light leads to fatal crash, police say

Updated May 23, 2023 - 9:06 am

A man was killed Sunday after crashing a minivan into a truck in southeast Las Vegas.

Witnesses told police a 2004 Honda Odyssey drove through a red light around 6:15 p.m. at East Russell Road and Boulder Highway, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department.

The Odyssey crash into a 2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty driving through a green light, and the Honda’s driver died at the scene.

The Clark County coroner’s office identified the minivan driver as Stephen Redmond, 68, of Henderson.

A 30-year-old Henderson man driving the truck was not suspected of impairment.

Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0278. Follow @sabrina_schnur on Twitter.

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