Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Driver accused of DUI in fatal North Las Vegas crash

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Armando Iribe Jr.

North Las Vegas police have arrested a man accused of driving under the influence in a fatal crash earlier this month.

Armando Iribe Jr., 19, was taken to the North Las Vegas Detention Center after the 5:40 p.m. Tuesday arrest, police said. He has been booked on a felony count of DUI with alcohol with death and a count of reckless driving with death.

Iribe was driving a white 1994 Honda Accord with two passengers on Oct. 11 going west on East Lake Mead Boulevard, just west of Belmont Street, when the crash occurred about 1:15 a.m., police said.

A white 1998 Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by a 52-year-old Las Vegas resident was heading east on Lake Mead. Iribe lost control of his Honda as he drove an estimated 77 mph in a 35 mph speed zone, police said. The car hit the pickup head-on, according to police.

One of the passengers in the Accord, 21-year-old Jorge Guerrero of Pacoima, Calif., was thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene. The Clark County Coroner's Office ruled the death an accident. Guerrero died from a head injury, a coroner's spokeswoman said.

The second passenger, an 18-year-old Las Vegas resident, was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

This was the third fatal traffic collision in North Las Vegas this year.

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