Las Vegas police investigate injury crash on Flamingo at Koval
January 3, 2018 - 7:13 am
Updated January 3, 2018 - 7:46 am
Las Vegas police investigate a crash on Flamingo Road near Koval Lane Wednesday morning, Jan. 3, 2018. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police investigate a crash on Flamingo Road near Koval Lane Wednesday morning, Jan. 3, 2018. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A man died after he fell off the hood of a car in the central valley early Wednesday morning.
The incident was reported about 2:30 a.m. on Flamingo Road near Koval Lane, Metropolitan Police Lt. Josh Martinez said. Police later said that the 21-year-old man jumped on the hood of a black four-door Mercedes-Benz and the car took off, causing the man to fall. The man was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center where he died, police said.
The Mercedes-Benz’s driver left the scene.
This is the first traffic-related death in the Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction this year.
Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Blake Apgar contributed to this story.
