Walter Anderson, 58, killed when his moped is struck by allegedly drunk speeding luxury-car driver at West Russell Road and Rogers Street in Las Vegas, Nevada

Modified Date: 
Fri, 06/09/2023 - 1:43pm
Accident Date: 
Saturday, June 5, 2021

DUI suspected in southwest Las Vegas Valley fatal crash

Around 11:50 p.m., a TaoTao Moped was traveling west on Russell Road near Rogers Street when a Lamborghini crashed into the moped “at a high rate of speed,” according to a Sunday news release from the Metropolitan Police Department.

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The driver of the car, a 32-year-old man from El Paso, Texas, has not been formally charged. But he “displayed indicators of alcohol impairment,” and was booked into the county jail “for the applicable charges,” police said.

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According to police, the driver, Andrew Rodriguez, 33, of New Braunfels, Texas, was going 141 mph in the moments before the crash and was later arrested.

People Involved: 
Walter Anderson
Andrew Rodriguez

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