Driver arrested in death of pedestrian
A driver accused of being drunk struck and killed a pedestrian Wednesday evening on Desert Inn Road near Las Vegas Boulevard.
Las Vegas police said the driver, Mahmoud Alseidamad of Las Vegas was driving a 1995 Honda Civic west on Desert Inn, east of Channel 8 Drive, when he changed lanes and lost control of the car.
The car went onto the sidewalk on the north side of the street at 5:22 p.m. and struck two men -- a 56-year-old man from Celebration, Fla., and 60-year-old Willard Hilborn of Rancho Mirage, Calif.
The Florida man, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. Hilborn was taken to University Medical Center with serious injuries.
Alseidamad, 25, was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of felony driving under the influence resulting in death.
