LV officer injured in crash identified

A Las Vegas patrol officer who was injured this week during a traffic stop has been identified as 25-year-old Richard Leung.

Police spokesman Jose Montoya said Leung has been released from the hospital "and is at home recuperating." Leung was injured about 3:15 a.m. Wednesday after stopping a bicyclist on Boulder Highway, south of Harmon Avenue.

"The officer stopped his black-and-white patrol vehicle in such a manner which left a portion of the vehicle's rear protruding into the right northbound travel lane," a police statement said. "The officer did not activate his emergency lights while conducting the stop."

The officer was talking with the bicyclist when a northbound car struck the left rear of the patrol vehicle, pushing it into the officer, bicyclist and bicycle, the statement said.

Although police released the names of others involved in the crash on the day it occurred, they withheld Leung's name until Friday.

Police said the bicyclist, Scott Graham, 36, of Las Vegas, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, treated and released. The car was driven by John Morrison, 42, of Homestead, Fla., who suffered minor injuries.

Montoya said Leung began working as a Las Vegas police officer in January 2005. The spokesman said no date has been set for the police Accident Review Board to evaluate the incident and determine whether disciplinary action is appropriate against the officer.