Local news briefs May 12, 2000

Friday, May 12, 2000 | 10:55 a.m.

Boy, 4, critical after being hit by car

A 4-year-old boy remains in critical condition today at University Medical Center after being hit by a car Thursday as he crossed the street with his mother.

The accident happened at about 10:30 a.m. when the boy and his mother were trying to cross Boulder Highway south of the Basic Road intersection, Henderson Police said.

A car headed south on Boulder Highway hit the boy, who was airlifted to UMC. The mother and the driver of the car were not injured in the accident. Police are continuing to investigate the accident, and have not issued any citations in the case.

Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call police at 565-8933 or 565-2009.

Air Force, Army test to collect data

The Air Force and Army on Saturday will launch a conventional surface-to-surface missile from the Nevada Test Site to a target pad on the Tonopah Test Range.

The purpose is to collect data to support a reliable military stockpile program. The launch is a follow-up to a test on June 26, 1999.

The missile's estimated 3 1/2 minute flight over 70 miles is within the controlled airspace of the Test Site, which is 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

The missile will carry an inert warhead and is equipped with a dual flight termination system, which, if necessary, will stop the missile and separate the warhead from the solid rocket motor.

Three years ago a DOE Sandia National Laboratory rocket malfunctioned and crashed on a Bureau of Land Management parcel near Goldfield, 180 miles northwest of Las Vegas. No one was injured and no buildings were damaged.

Volunteers tout water protection

Local Sierra Club volunteers will go door to door on Saturday to educate their neighbors in the Las Vegas Valley about clean-water protection and how Nevada's representatives and senators have been working to protect the environment.

The project is part of the Sierra Club's Environmental Voter Education Campaign, which aims to publicize the pro and anti-environmental voting records of public officials, said Sierra spokeswoman Jessica Hodge.

The Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club is calling the survey an "urban hike."