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1 killed, 1 injured in northwest Las Vegas crash

One person was killed and another was critically injured in a crash Wednesday morning in northwest Las Vegas.

A 2006 Toyota Scion TC struck a tree at 6:39 a.m. on the 5700 block of Centennial Center Boulevard, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department.

The 20-year-old driver was taken to University Medical Center where the person died. The passenger, a 30-year-old Ohio man, was hospitalized in critical condition, police said.

Centennial Center at West Ann Road was closed for several hours while officers investigated the crash.

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

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