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Passenger who died in car stopped at red light identified

Updated Monday, March 9, 2009 | 4:35 p.m.

Fatal crash

A Henderson woman riding in a car stopped at a red light in the eastern Las Vegas Valley who was killed Sunday when another car slammed into the 2008 Hyundai Tucson has been identified as 45-year-old Cindy Fletcher of Henderson. Metro Police are still investigating the crash.

The Clark County Coroner's Office said her death was caused by blunt head and neck injuries due to the collision, a spokeswoman in the coroner's office said today.

Traffic officers arrived at the crash on Boulder Highway at its intersection with Russell Road at 9:05 a.m. Sunday. Investigators said a 2003 Toyota Avalon northbound on Boulder Highway in the center travel lane rear-ended the Hyundai stopped at a red light in the center northbound lane.

The collision forced the Hyundai to roll onto its passenger side and come to rest upright in the intersection, police investigators said. Cindy Fletcher, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center's Trauma Unit, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

The driver of the Hyundai, Timothy Fletcher, 48, of Henderson, suffered minor injuries, police said. The driver of the Toyota, Karen Jaco, 53, of Henderson, suffered moderate injuries, police said.

Jaco has been cited for failing to use due care, a misdemeanor, but police have not completed their investigation of the crash, said Officer Barbara Morgan of Metro Police. No drugs or alcohol are believed to be involved in the collision, Morgan said.

The Toyota also struck a 2004 Chevrolet Venture stopped at the red light in the right northbound travel lane, police said. The driver, Sharon Murray, 64, of Las Vegas, suffered minor injuries, police said.

This is the 14th traffic fatality this year in Metro police jurisdiction.

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