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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 | 1:21 a.m.
Crash location
A 14-year-old Las Vegas girl walking across a street suffered critical injuries Tuesday evening after she was struck by a Lamborghini in the western Las Vegas Valley, authorities said.
Metro Police responded at 6:13 p.m. to the collision near the intersection of Cimarron Road and Tara Avenue. That location is south of West Sahara Avenue between Durango and Buffalo drives.
Investigators said the Lamborghini Gallardo had just turned from southbound Cimarron and was traveling east on Tara when it struck the girl as she was crossing Tara from the north to the south side of the street. She was outside of a marked crosswalk, police said.
The collision occurred about 70 feet east of Cimarron.
The driver of the Lamborghini, Lewis Stevens, 35, of Las Vegas, wasn't able to stop before striking the girl. She was taken to University Medical Center's trauma unit with critical injuries, police said. Her name wasn't being released because of her age. Stevens wasn't injured.
The crash remains under investigation by the Metro Police Accident Investigations Section.
I am one of the managers at the daycare center that the accident happened near. When we called the county and asked them what we could do about putting a crosswalk up in that intersection the gentlemen stated that the girl was jaywalking and that she should have crossed at the invisible crosswalk. We then stated that we were unsure of what that meant and he said that she should have went corner to corner and not in the middle of the street. We recently found out that the child was in fact in the crosswalk and she was carried out of the crosswalk.
if he slammed on the brakes, they can tell how fast he was going by the skidmarks.
man up and take care of this little girl. you never know,some day you may need her help back? prayers are with her!
Hmm, Rum, just finishing your morning round?