Nevada Highway Patrol identifies pedestrian struck, killed Sunday on I-15
The Nevada Highway Patrol identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed Sunday night on southbound Interstate 15.
Just after 6:20 p.m., 19-year-old Las Vegan Santiago Miranda-Placido succumbed to injuries from the crash and was pronounced dead on the scene, the highway patrol said in a statement.
Miranda-Placido was walking in the freeway’s right travel lane south of Craig Road when a blue Dodge Ram van hit him.
The highway patrol said the Ram’s 55-year-old female driver steered right, trying to avoid a collision, then steered left after hitting Miranda-Placido. The van spun counterclockwise across all southbound travel lanes and struck the center median wall.
The van’s driver, who wasn’t identified, remained on the scene with nonlife-threatening injuries, the highway patrol said.
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