Suspect in crash that killed pedestrian bonds out of jail

By COLTON LOCHHEAD LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

11 years ago

Galina Kilova, 29, turned herself in about 2 p.m. Tuesda in connection with last month’s hit-and-run crash that killed Michael Grubbs. She was released on $20,000 bond just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to Las Vegas police. (courtesy Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

Detective Richard Tusko speaks with news media as Las Vegas police investigate the scene where a vehicle hit and killed a 63-year-old man and injured an 18-month-old baby on Northbound Rainbow Boulevard near Warm Springs Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The driver fled the scene. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas police investigate the scene where a vehicle hit and killed a 63-year-old man and injured an 18-month-old baby on Northbound Rainbow Boulevard near Warm Springs Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The driver fled the scene. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas police investigate the scene where a vehicle hit and killed a 63-year-old male pedestrian and injured an 18-month-old child on South Rainbow Boulevard near Warm Springs Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The driver fled the scene. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The woman who waited over a week to surrender after saying she was the driver in a crash that killed a 63-year-old pedestrian spent a mere 12 hours in jail before posting bail.

Galina Kilova, 29, turned herself in about 2 p.m. Tuesday in connection with last month’s hit-and-run crash that killed Michael Grubbs. She was released on $20,000 bond just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to Las Vegas police.

Grubbs was pushing his 18-month-old granddaughter on the gravel shoulder of Rainbow Boulevard near Warm Springs Road Nov. 24 when they were hit by a Honda Civic that just kept going after impact.

Kilova’s attorney, Herb Sachs, contacted a Las Vegas news outlet last week to say that his client believed she was the driver in the fatal collision and that she was going to turn herself after the Thanksgiving weekend.

The hit and run wasn’t Kilova’s first run in with Metro.

Kilova was arrested in December 2007 on charges of drinking and driving, failure to use due care and driving without a valid license, according to a Tuesday evening release from Metro.

Clark County court records show Kilova pleaded guilty to a parking violation in July. A $798 court payment in that case posted Monday.

Kilova’s court date is set for Feb. 17 at 8 a.m.

Contact reporter Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638. Find him on Twitter: @ColtonLochhead