Scooter driver critically injured in Las Vegas crash
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police vehicle. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Updated April 19, 2022 - 11:04 am
A pickup struck an electric scooter in south Las Vegas Monday afternoon in a crash that left the scooter driver critically injured.
Las Vegas police said a 2017 Ram 2500 pickup driven by a 21-year-old Las Vegas woman was stopped on Las Vegas Boulevard South in the single left turn lane at Wigwam Avenue at 3:46 p.m. The truck then made a right turn from the left turn lane and struck a scooter traveling north on the paved shoulder of Las Vegas Boulevard.
The scooter driver, a 58-year-old Las Vegas man, suffered life-threatening injuries and was hospitalized at University Medical Center.
The crash remains under investigation.
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