In brief
NORTH LAS VEGAS
Man dies after running between tankers
A pedestrian died Saturday morning after he ran between the first and second tankers of a truck in North Las Vegas.
The man, 47 years old, was pronounced dead at the scene on Civic Center Drive and Lake Mead Boulevard. His identity was not released.
North Las Vegas police said the double fuel tanker truck was heading north on Civic Center about 9 a.m. As it entered the intersection at Lake Mead, the pedestrian tried to run between the two tankers, witnesses told investigators.
Police said the truck's driver does not appear to be at fault. Drugs or alcohol is believed to be a factor.
This was the first fatal traffic incident worked by the Police Department this year.
CELLMATE ARRESTED
Inmate's death caused by strangulation
The North Las Vegas Detention Center inmate who was found dead in his cell early Thursday was strangled to death, the Clark County coroner's office has determined.
Sergio Hugo Morales-Paredes, 31, was sharing a cell with 25-year-old Armando Munoz-Ornelas, who was being held by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Morales-Paredes, who was booked into the detention center on March 16 on misdemeanor charges of trespassing and loitering where children congregate, was found under a mattress, bleeding from the face and not breathing, North Las Vegas police said.
Munoz-Ornelas was arrested on murder charges.
KINGMAN CRASH
Man struck while checking under hood
A Kingman man checking under the hood of his disabled pickup was killed Thursday when the truck was struck from behind by a sport utility vehicle.
Kingman police Sgt. Rusty Cooper said Robert Hinkle, 58, was dead at the scene of the 5:30 p.m. crash in the 2100 block of Airway Avenue.
Cooper said Hinkle pulled his pickup over to the curb and turned on his emergency flasher lights before peering under the hood. He said Hinkle suffered massive trauma when run over by both vehicles.
The driver of the sport utility vehicle and a 17-year-old girl in Hinkle's pickup were not hurt. No citations were issued and the accident investigation continues.
NORTHEAST LAS VEGAS
16-year-old identified as victim of shooting
The teenager gunned down in front of an apartment complex in northeast Las Vegas Thursday evening was identified as 16-year-old Luis Manual Bernabe.
Bernabe was found lying on the sidewalk at 4860 Stanley Ave., near Owens Avenue and Lake Mead Boulevard, at 5:14 p.m., according to Las Vegas police.
He was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to University Medical Center, where he died.
Police interviewed multiple witnesses to the shooting but had no suspect or vehicle descriptions as of late Friday.
Anybody with information is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 385-5555.
REGENT: GLICK DOING 'GREAT JOB'
UNR president gets three-year extension
University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick has won a three-year contract extension at his current annual salary of $416,423.
The Board of Regents unanimously approved the extension Thursday.
Glick had a year left on his contract, which the regents extended to 2013 with no increase in pay or benefits because of the state's budget crunch.
Regent Cedric Crear of Las Vegas said he thinks Glick is doing a "great job" and the higher-education system is lucky to have him.
