IN BRIEF
LATE-MORNING ACCIDENT IN HENDERSON
Pair killed in crash; teen held on drunken driving charges
A woman suspected of drunken driving was arrested Tuesday after crashing into a vehicle and killing two 66-year-old people in Henderson.
Anita Mann, 19, was taken to the Henderson Detention Center on two counts of driving under the influence resulting in death in the 11:40 a.m. crash. Police said she was driving a Hyundai Accent east on Horizon Ridge Parkway at Shaded Canyon Drive near Gibson Road, when she rear-ended a Hyundai sport utility vehicle.
The SUV spun out of control and overturned. Both the 66-year-old male driver from Henderson and his 66-year-old female passenger died at the scene. Their names were not released.
Mann was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Police had received reports of a drunken driver about five minutes before the accident in the area of Horizon Ridge Parkway and Stephanie Street, two miles from the crash scene.
The results of Mann's blood test are pending, police said.
PEDESTRIAN FATALITY IN LAS VEGAS
Man struck and killed trying to cross Desert Inn Road
A 53-year-old man was killed Monday when he was struck by a car while crossing Desert Inn Road, Las Vegas police said.
The incident occurred at 7:20 p.m., according to police. The man, whose name was not released, was illegally walking south across East Desert Inn near Mojave Road when he was struck by a 1997 Ford Thunderbird, police said.
The man was taken to University Medical Center, where he died.
LAS VEGAS TO BURBANK, CALIF.
Southwest flight attendants hurt during evasive maneuvers
The Federal Aviation Administration said two flight attendants were injured when a Southwest Airlines pilot took sudden evasive action to avoid a collision with a private plane near Burbank, Calif., over the weekend.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said Tuesday that the pilot of Southwest Flight 2534 from Las Vegas got an automated alert because it was briefly on a collision course with another aircraft. The plane was flying at 6,000 feet Saturday 20 miles away from Bob Hope Airport.
The Southwest pilot made sudden maneuvers to avoid the other plane, which was two miles away. Gregor said one flight attendant suffered a broken shoulder, the other was bruised.
PROTESTER CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING
Arizona man tries to exercise his right to bear pitchfork
A Kingman, Ariz., man at a political protest Tuesday before a Mohave County Board of Supervisors meeting was taken into custody when he entered the government complex in downtown Kingman with a full-length pitchfork.
Mervin Fried, 45, was arrested for criminal trespassing.
County Manager Ron Walker, one of the targets of the protest involving free speech and other local political issues, told Fried he would not be allowed to enter the building with the pitchfork. Fried stepped inside anyway and was promptly taken into custody.
Fried told supporters he believed he should be able to brandish the pitchfork, which was strapped to him, because he has a permit allowing a concealed weapon.
One man said the pitchfork stunt was out of line and scuffled with one of Fried's backers. The two ended up shaking hands and exchanging apologies, and neither was arrested.
