Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008 | 12:32 p.m.
A man was killed and two people were critically injured this morning after an SUV collided with a car that didn't stop for a red light in the western Las Vegas Valley, Metro Police said.
Authorities responded at 3:18 a.m. to the crash at the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and Spring Mountain Road. Police said a 2003 BMW Z4 traveling west on Spring Mountain failed to stop for a red traffic signal and entered the intersection, colliding with a 2002 Nissan Xterra that was northbound on Rainbow Road.
The driver of the BMW and the driver and a passenger in the Nissan were ejected as the front of the Nissan struck the left side of the BMW. No one was wearing a seat belt, police said.
The driver of the Nissan, identified only as a 31-year-old Las Vegas man, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Nissan, Esther San-Pedro-Martin, 19, of Las Vegas, and the driver of the BMW, William Bierlein, 36, of Henderson, were taken to University Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
Investigators said speed and the BMW's failure to stop for a red light were factors in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the Metro Police Accident Investigation Detail. This is the 109th traffic fatality this year in Metro Police jurisdiction.
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