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50-year-old woman killed, 11-year-old injured, taken to hospital, after their jeep collides with a car, driven by a 19-year-old, at the intersection of M.L.K. and Cartier in north Las Vegas.

Date: 
Friday, March 28, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV

A 50-year-old woman died after car crashed into another vehicle on Saturday, police said.

It happened around 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of MLK and Cartier. North Las Vegas police say the woman was driving a jeep when she collided with another car.

She was taken to UMC Trauma where she died. Police say there was an 11-year-old in the jeep with her who suffered minor injuries.

A 19-year-old was driving the car and was not injured in the wreck.

Woman struck and killed by an SUV while trying to cross Durango Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada

Date: 
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV
Metro Police are investigating a fatal crash at Durango Drive and Sahara Avenue. According to police, the crash happened just before 6 p.m. Thursday. Police say a woman was walking eastbound across Durango Drive, outside of a crosswalk, when a Yukon Denali that was heading north on Durango Drive hit her. Witnesses told police the woman walked into the path of the SUV. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Durango Drive was shut down between Starboard Drive and Sahara Avenue for the investigation. The driver of the vehicle remained on scene.

45-year-old woman killed after she is struck by a van while trying to cross Spring Mountain Road in Las Vegas, Nevada

Date: 
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV
Metro Police have reopened Spring Mountain Road near Decatur Boulevard following a crash that left a woman pedestrian dead Wednesday morning. The 45-year-old woman was struck and killed by a van shortly before 6 a.m. Police say the woman pedestrian was not in a crosswalk when she was hit. According to police, she was walking with a man who was pushing a shopping cart. He made it to the other side of the street and was yelling to the woman to get out of the road when she was struck. She was taken to University Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

Phillip Le Nguyen, 21, and Nicholas Monday, 20, killed, when their moped is rear-ended at high speed by a pickup, that fled the scene, at the intersection of Las Vegas Blvd. and Windmill Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada

Date: 
Monday, March 17, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV
The intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Windmill Lane has reopened to traffic after being closed for nearly seven hours because of a fatal crash that left two people dead. The crash occurred around 1:15 a.m. According to police, the driver of pickup truck was speeding southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard and rear-ended a moped stopped at a red light. Both people on the moped were thrown more than 100 feet. One person died at the scene and the other died at University Medical Center. A third car was also hit by the vehicles.

Motorcycle rider critically injured after he collides with a car while racing another motorcycle on Tropicana Ave. in Las Vegas, Nevada

Date: 
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV
A motorcycle rider was in critical condition after crashing while racing another motorcycle near the Las Vegas Strip Monday morning. The two motorcycles were racing on Tropicana Avenue just before 3 a.m. when one of them hit a vehicle near Paradise Road, Las Vegas police lieutenant Bruce Miyama said. The rider was thrown from the bike and was in critical condition, though his injuries were not life-threatening. The driver of the vehicle hit by the motorcycle had no injuries. The other motorcycle rider left the scene.

George Jaqua, 61, injured, airlifted to hospital, after his car is struck by a cattle truck driven by Grant Terpstra, 25, at an intersection near Minden. Several cows were killed in the accident.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Area: 
Reno, NV

The Nevada Highway Patrol says the driver of a cattle truck was cited for running a red light after a crash in Minden that killed 25 cows.

The accident happened Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 88 and Waterloo Lane in Douglas County.

Sixty-six cows were on the truck driven by 25-year-old Grant Terpstra of Stockton, Calif. Troopers say Terpstra failed to stop at a red light and crashed into a Subaru driven by 61-year-old George Jaqua of Stateline.

Jaqua was flown to a Reno hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Motorcyclist critically injured, airlifted to hospital, after he crashes on State Route 159 near Las Vegas.

Date: 
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV

A man was transported to the hospital in critical condition after crashing his motorcycle on State Route 159 Sunday night.

Nevada Highway Patrol responded to the scene near Avery Street about 6:45 p.m., according to a NHP trooper.

The man was airlifted to University Medical Center in critical condition, police said, and parts of State Route 159 will be partially closed while NHP investigates.

Sharlene Cruz, 72, killed, when her SUV shifts out of park and pins her against a rock at Valley of Fire State Park.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV
The 72-year-old woman who died in an accident at Valley of Fire State Park has been identified as Sharlene Cruz by the Clark County Coroner's Office. According to police, at around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Cruz parked an SUV in the dirt parking lot of Lone Rock parking area and got out of the car. The SUV began to roll and as she attempted to get back in the vehicle, it hit a large rock formation pinning her between the rock and SUV. The coroner said her cause of death was asphyxia.

Jennifer Hemphill, 27, Kiron Williams, 27, critically injured, taken to hospital, after a two-car crash at an intersection in the Las Vegas Valley

Date: 
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV

A car crash early Wednesday morning closed an intersection in the southeast part of the Las Vegas Valley.

Las Vegas police responded to an accident at Eastern Avenue and Wigwam Parkway just before 3:30 a.m.

Two cars were involved, and the only people in the vehicles were the drivers. Police said a 2013 Mazda 3, driven by Jennifer Hemphill, veered out of its lane and hit a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Kiron Williams. The drivers, both 27, were taken to Sunrise hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Anne Carter, 31, Marc Kmetz, 43, critically injured, Jacob Chavez, 35, seriously injured, arrested for DUI, Alma Gomez, 33, uninjured, after a two car crash on the Harmon Avenue overpass in Las Vegas.

Date: 
Monday, March 3, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV

A two-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning sent two people to the hospital with critical injuries.

The collision on the westbound Harmon Avenue overpass at Interstate 15, occurred just before 3 a.m. when the driver of a 2003 Toyota Camry tried to move from the center to left lane and struck the right side of a 2003 BMW 760Li, according to Las Vegas police.