Impaired driving suspected in 8-vehicle crash in Las Vegas

By Katelyn Newberg / Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 2, 2019 - 10:30 pm

Las Vegas police (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A person suspected of impaired driving was arrested after an eight-vehicle crash in the east Las Vegas Valley on Saturday night, police said.

Police were called at about 7:40 p.m. to Boulder Highway and Indios Avenue, north of Flamingo Road, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. William Matchko said. Three people were hospitalized with noncritical injuries after the crash, he said.

One driver was arrested for suspected impaired driving, Matchko said.

Further information about the crash and the person arrested was not immediately available Saturday night.

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