75-year-old Las Vegas woman was victim in Rainbow Boulevard crash
A two-vehicle crash Monday morning killed a 75-year-old woman and caused the closure of several blocks of Rainbow Boulevard near Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas for nearly six hours.
Las Vegas police said the woman, whose identity has not yet been released pending notification of next of kin, was driving a 2010 Toyota Prius on West Eldora Avenue at 9:09 a.m. She pulled up to a stop sign, then pulled out onto Rainbow, directly into the path of a southbound 2019 Nissan driven by a 26-year-old Las Vegas woman.
Both drivers were rushed to the University Medical Center trauma unit by ambulance. The driver of the Prius was pronounced deceased at the hospital. The driver of the Nissan suffered minor injuries.
The crash shut down Rainbow from Sahara to Tara Avenue. The streets reopened about 3 p.m., according to an email from the Regional Transportation Commission.
The death is the 15th traffic-related fatality this year in Las Vegas police jurisdiction.
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