Las Vegas police are responding to a multi-vehicle with serious injuries near a Henderson park on Wednesday evening. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NHP Trooper Travis Smaka explains a fatal, wrong-way crash on Interstate 15 North. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Jason Buratczuk said the crash happened about 3:30 a.m. when a woman driving a dark-colored vehicle believed to be a Volkswagen was heading the wrong way on northbound Interstate 15, between Lake Mead Boulevard and Cheyenne Avenue, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Two teenage boys waiting for a school bus were hit by a one of two cars involved in a crash at West Ford Avenue and Chieftain Street, near South Fort Apache Road, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A pedestrian was injured after he was struck by a vehicle in the west Las Vegas Valley on Thursday afternoon, police said.
Las Vegas police and NV Energy are investigating an incident in which a forklift knocked down 13 power poles, near Polaris Avenue and Post Road, north of Sunset Road. When crews arrived at the scene they discovered that a forklift had knocked the poles over. Bizuayehu Tesafye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
One person was killed Monday morning in a three-vehicle collision that left one car wrapped around a pole in the central valley. The collision happened about 6:50 a.m. near Rainbow and Lake Mead boulevards. Police are looking for one person who ran from the scene. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
One person is dead after an early Wednesday morning crash in the northwest valley.
The single-vehicle crash was called in about 1:35 a.m. on Jones Boulevard just north of Deer Springs Way, according to Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Robert Stauffer. The driver, who was the only person inside the vehicle, died at the scene.
AMR Regional Director Scott White briefs media regarding the fatal overnight crash that killed one first responder and a patient.
1. A Las Vegas doctor convicted of murder in the 2007 Hepatitis C outbreak has died in prison. Dipak Desai was serving life in prison with the possibility of parole on 27 counts, including second-degree murder. Desai’s lawyer Richard Wright argued that Desai was unfit to stand trial after suffering multiple strokes. The Washoe County coroner’s office is expected to determine Desai’s cause of death.
2. A 9-vehicle crash has closed down southbound traffic on I-15 near Moapa. Clark County Fire Department says five semitrailers and four passenger cars were involved in the wreck at about 2:50 a.m. No injuries were reported but lanes were still closed as of 7:30 a.m.
3. MGM Resorts valets fear for a decrease in income after an announcement that parking rates will rise again. One valet that spoke to the Las Vegas Review-Journal said his income decreased by $20,000 a year due to parking rates rising, and another said he had to take a second job to pay his bills. Parking rates at MGM Resorts will increase by up to $25 starting Wednesday.
Three children were hospitalized Wednesday morning with minor injuries after they were hit by a car near Hewetson elementary school at about 7:15 a.m. near North Eastern Avenue and East Bonanza Road.
A crane truck’s crane hit a traffic signal on the corner of Las Vegas and Lake Mead Boulevards on Tuesday.