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Coroner IDs woman struck, killed by truck in North Las Vegas

Updated May 12, 2020 - 8:43 am

The Clark County coroner’s office identified the 29-year-old woman hit and killed by a pickup Friday morning in North Las Vegas.

Lameia Jamerson died from blunt force trauma, and her death was ruled an accident, the coroner’s office said Monday.

Jamerson was crossing Cheyenne Avenue at Bassler Street outside of a crosswalk around 5:20 a.m. when she was hit by a black Dodge pickup, police have said.

The driver of the truck stayed at the scene and cooperated with officers. Police said they do not believe the driver was impaired.

Contact Alexis Egeland at aegeland@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0335. Follow @alexis_egeland on Twitter.

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