IN BRIEF
DUI CAUSING DEATH ALLEGED
Man killed in collision in Las Vegas identified
A man killed Friday night when his three-wheeled motorcycle was hit by a driver whom police alleged was drunk was identified as Bobby J. Johnson of Henderson.
The 60-year-old was on his Thoroughbred Trike heading south on Maryland Parkway just before midnight when a 1998 Nissan Maxima hit him from behind at the intersection of Twain Avenue, Las Vegas police said.
Johnson died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
The driver of the Nissan, 33-year-old Modesto Lopez-Hernandez, was arrested and charged with driving without a valid license and driving under the influence resulting in death, authorities said.
DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL
Texas girl identified as drowning victim
A 19-month-old girl who drowned in a southwest valley pool this weekend was identified by the Clark County coroner's office Monday as Madison Walburger.
The coroner's office said the cause of death was deemed an accidental drowning. The infant, from Round Rock, Texas, died at Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center about 12:20 p.m. Sunday.
Las Vegas police said they arrived at a home on the 5900 block of South Torrey Pines Drive near Russell Road about 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Police said the baby was given CPR at the home but wasn't fully responding.
58-YEAR-OLD FROM KINGMAN
Man dies after rollover accident in Arizona
A Kingman, Ariz., man died Saturday of injuries from a Friday traffic accident 25 miles southeast of Yucca, Ariz.
Steven Craig Chapman, 58, died at John C. Lincoln hospital in Phoenix, according to the Mohave County (Ariz.) sheriff's office.
Sheriff's office spokeswoman Trish Carter said Chapman was a passenger in a 2004 Nissan Murano that was traveling at a high rate of speed when it overturned on Alamo Road.
Carter said Chapman was ejected from the vehicle but that the driver, Tiffany Marie Hill, 24, of Kingman was not hurt as the vehicle rolled approximately 31/2 times.
SLID UNDER TIRE
LV woman who died in pickup incident named
A woman who died Saturday after falling from her boyfriend's moving truck was identified as Tawsha Winkler.
The 28-year-old from Las Vegas grabbed onto the 2005 Dodge pickup about 9:50 p.m. on Blanton Drive, near Nellis Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue as it pulled away from a home, Las Vegas police said.
Winkler held on for a short distance before sliding under the right rear tire, police said. She died at the scene.
Police said Winkler had been arguing with the driver, Brian Vanblericom, 26, just before the incident.
DRIVER CHARGED
LV woman killed crossing street named
A woman who was hit by a sport utility vehicle and killed while crossing the street Friday night was identified as Verlaine May Powless.
The 19-year-old from Las Vegas was in a crosswalk about 9 p.m. on Las Vegas Boulevard at Wigwam Avenue when a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe struck her, Las Vegas police said. She died at the scene.
Police charged the driver, Detroit resident Angelo Hurst, 38, with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.
FOUR NEVADA COUNTIES
Rural schools getting DOE surplus computers
The Department of Energy is donating 750 computers to school districts in rural Nevada and the Timbisha Shoshone tribe.
The computers are less than 5 years old and were purchased for $740,000 by the department, which intended to use the equipment for its endeavors in Nevada.
"We wish we could put computers in every classroom that needs one," said Allen Benson, spokesman for DOE's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project. "It's part of DOE's mission to help educate future scientists and engineers."
Representatives from the tribe and school districts in Churchill, Lander, Mineral and White Pine counties selected the donated computers and monitors from 38 pallets stored at the DOE's Las Vegas warehouse.
An executive order requires U.S. agencies to give preference to schools and nonprofits when deciding upon surplus equipment.
