Pedestrian hit by cab on Las Vegas Strip avoids serious injury

By Max Michor Las Vegas Review-Journal

December 7, 2017 - 5:01 am

A pedestrian outside a crosswalk was hit by a vehicle on the Las Vegas Strip early Thursday. (Max MIchor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A pedestrian was injured early Thursday after being struck by a taxi on the Strip.

The accident was reported just after 1 a.m. on Las Vegas Boulevard South in front of the Flamingo, according to Metropolitan Police Lt. Peter Kisfalvi.

The pedestrian was struck while crossing the boulevard outside a marked crosswalk, Kisfalvi said, and suffered a moderate foot injury.

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