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Water district workers hurt in stolen car crash; woman arrested

By KIMBERLY DE LA CRUZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

May 14, 2015 - 12:41 pm

Las Vegas police investigate an accident at Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue Thursday, May 14, 2015. A female driver of a stolen Honda sedan crashed into two Las Vegas Valley Water District employees and a work truck about 3:40 a.m. after failing to stop for officers. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Las Vegas police investigate an accident at Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue Thursday, May 14, 2015. A female driver of a stolen Honda sedan crashed into two Las Vegas Valley Water District employees and a work truck about 3:40 a.m. after failing to stop for officers. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

A Las Vegas Police crime scene photographer takes a picture inside a stolen car at Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue Thursday, May 14, 2015. A female driver of a stolen Honda sedan crashed into two Las Vegas Valley Water District employees and a work truck about 3:40 a.m. after failing to stop for officers. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Las Vegas police investigate an accident at Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue Thursday morning, May 14, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas police investigate an accident at Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue Thursday morning, May 14, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A woman in a stolen car crashed into a construction site, injuring two workers at the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue Thursday morning, Las Vegas police said.

The two Las Vegas Valley Water District employees were taken to University Medical Center with several broken bones after the woman crashed a Honda sedan into them and a work truck about 3:40 a.m.

Police say the woman was fleeing from officers trying to stop her for driving on the wrong side of the road and failing to stop at a stop sign just before the crash. They did not provide further details on the stolen car.

She also was taken to UMC and has been booked in absentia for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Review-Journal photographer Bizu Tesfaye contributed to this report.

Contact Kimberly De La Cruz at kdelacruz@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @KimberlyinLV.

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