Las Vegas woman ID’d as pedestrian killed by truck while in crosswalk

By Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal

June 21, 2018 - 11:27 am

Updated June 21, 2018 - 6:06 pm

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The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a woman who was killed Monday afternoon when she was hit by a truck in the central valley.

Las Vegas resident Sandra Naiman, 60, was crossing Tropicana Avenue in a crosswalk near Mojave Road when she was hit by a Dodge truck that was turning from Mojave, police said. She died at the scene.

The 82-year-old driver of the truck stopped and called police.

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