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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
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.