IN BRIEF
FULL OF CHILDREN
No one injured when pickup hits school bus
A Clark County School District bus was struck by a pickup in North Las Vegas Wednesday afternoon.
The school bus, which was full of children, was hit about 3:30 p.m. on Bruce Street near Carey Avenue, North Las Vegas police said.
"It got T-boned," said Sgt. Tim Bedwell, a police spokesman.
No one was injured in the accident, which is still under investigation.
Bedwell said the bus probably was transporting students from nearby Bridger Middle School.
MURDER-SUICIDE SUSPECTED
Elderly couple found dead at LV residence
An elderly couple was found dead Tuesday night in what appeared to be a murder-suicide at a residence near Lake Mead Boulevard and Anasazi Drive, Las Vegas police said.
Officers went to a home on the 9900 block Charlemont Drive to conduct a welfare check around 8:15 p.m. and didn't receive a response. After entering, an officer found the bodies of a man and woman, both in their seventies, in a master bedroom, each with a single gunshot wound to the head, Las Vegas police Lt. Lew Roberts said.
Police said the couple had medical problems. The identities of the man and woman were not released.
PASSERBY CALLED POLICE
Man found dead at Las Vegas intersection
A man with gunshot wounds was found dead at the intersection of Alexander Road and D Street early Wednesday, Las Vegas police said.
About 4 a.m., a passerby in the area saw the body and called police. Homicide detectives investigating the case have not yet identified a suspect or a possible motive, Las Vegas police Lt. Lew Roberts said.
FATHER, FRIEND INJURED
9-year-old boy dies in two-vehicle crash
A 9-year-old boy was killed and his father and another man were severely injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
Lake Havasu police lieutenant Richie Sloma said the trio were in a Jeep that overturned and exploded when struck by a Toyota pickup.
"It was a huge fireball", Sloma said. He said Justin Halliday was dead at the scene of the 3:50 p.m. wreck but that bystanders pulled his father Dustin Halliday, 31, and passenger George Hope, 47, from the burning vehicle.
The men were listed in critical condition Wednesday at the burn unit of University Medical Center. The driver of the pickup, Tina Michelle Means, of Lake Havasu, was released after being treated for minor injuries at Havasu Regional Medical Center.
Sloma said charges are pending against Means as investigators believe she was speeding and impaired at the time of the collision.
