Local news briefs for June 26, 2000

Monday, June 26, 2000 | 11:46 a.m.

Autopsy set for today

Clark County Coroner's Office is scheduled to perform an autopsy today on a 37-year-old Las Vegas man who was found dead Sunday at Lake Mead National Recreation Area's Boxcar Cove.

Jerry Noran was found about 8 a.m. by friends. They tried to wake him and when he didn't respond they checked for a pulse, finding none, officials said.

A National Park Service ranger called Metro Police to assist, because he believed Noran's body had been moved. The autopsy will determine the cause of death.

Henderson man dies in accident

A Henderson man was killed Sunday when his off-road vehicle collided with a truck.

Henderson Police said a 2000 Yamaha Quad off-road vehicle driven by Thomas Zilly, 20, and a 1996 Ford F-250 truck crashed about 5:20 p.m. on Pabco Road about 1 1/2 miles north of Sunset Road.

Zilly was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and occupant of the Ford F-250 were uninjured, Henderson Police said.

Police suspect driver error. The case is still under investigation, Witnesses can call 565-2009.

Man killed by rolling car

A Las Vegas man died early Sunday after his own station wagon rolled over him.

Vincent Ferrino, 63, was driving west on Carrera Drive about 3:30 a.m. when he pulled over just past Gina Place, according to Metro Police.

As Ferrino exited the car, the vehicle rolled backward. The open driver's door knocked him down, police said, who attribute the accident to a failure to put the car in park.

Calif. teen dies in rollover

A California teenager was killed Sunday in a vehicle rollover near Laughlin that injured four others in the car, one seriously, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

The name of the 16-year-old girl from Thousand Oaks., Calif., was withheld pending notification of relatives.

The accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. on State Route 163 near mile marker 16, the highway patrol said, noting that the car drifted across the travel lane, over-corrected and overturned.

All the passengers were wearing seat belts.

The four others in the car were taken to a hospital in Bullhead City, Ariz., where one was listed in serious condition and the others were stable. Their identities were not immediately released.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Woman dies in three-car crash

A three-vehicle accident covering five lanes of Buffalo Drive south of Alta Drive left one woman dead Friday.

Jessica Walker, 21, of Las Vegas was killed after her Toyota Tercel's right wheels struck the curb and she overcorrected the vehicle into on-coming traffic, Metro Police said.

Walker's car was sent into a spin and it crossed all three lanes of northbound Buffalo, police said. The right side of the Toyota collided with a southbound Geo Tracker driven by Elizabeth Magallon, 33.

Both cars traveled west into the path of a Chevrolet Astro Van, driven by Beatrice Aguilar, 33.

Walker was pronounced dead at the scene. Magallon was moderately injured while Aguilar and her five passengers ranging from 5 to 13 years old suffered minor injuries. All were transported to University Medical Center where they were treated and released.

Calif. earthquake shakes Las Vegas

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake centered south of Baker, Calif., was felt in Southern Nevada this morning.

The 8:43 a.m. temblor was centered in Ludlow, about 35 miles southwest of Baker, according to the Caltech Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

Residents throughout Southern Nevada reported feeling the quake.

The quake was an aftershock of the 1999 Hector Mines tremblor, officials said.

That Oct. 16, 1999, earthquake, centered near Joshua Tree, Calif., registered 7.1 on the Richter scale. That temblor awoke many Las Vegas residents and startled tourists as hotel-casinos and beds began rolling and shaking in the middle of the night.

There were no immediate reports of damage from today's quakes.