Tree-trimming truck fatally runs over person laying in Sunset Park

Police lights. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A woman laying on the ground in Sunset Park was fatally run over by a tree trimming truck Tuesday afternoon.

At around 1:40 p.m., a 2015 Freightliner M2 tree-trimming truck was driving east through Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road.

The Clark County coroner’s office Wednesday identified the woman as Lynnette Marie Martinez, 40.

Martinez was laying on the ground in the northeast corner of the park when the truck ran her over, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Martinez died at the scene, and the driver showed no signs of impairment.

Contact David Wilson at dwilson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @davidwilson_RJ on Twitter.

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