Las Vegas man who died after crashing SUV into dumpster ID’d

By Katelyn Newberg / Las Vegas Review-Journal

August 31, 2018 - 3:26 pm

Updated August 31, 2018 - 8:36 pm

A Clark County Coroner and Medical Examiner vehicle parked at headquarters at 1704 Pinto Lane in Las Vegas on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a man who died after crashing an SUV into a dumpster in the eastern Las Vegas Valley on Wednesday.

Edgar Garcia, 24, died after hitting the dumpster around 2:15 p.m. at 3201 S. Mojave Road, near McLeod Drive and East Desert Inn Road, said Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Aden OcampoGomez on Wednesday.

Garcia lived in Las Vegas, the coroner’s office said.

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