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A man looks over a pickup after the truck ran into a bus shelter on Rancho Drive just north of Lake Mead Boulevard Monday, June 21, 2010. The driver of the truck, a person waiting at the bus shelter and the driver of another vehicle were transported to the hospital, police said.
Published Monday, June 21, 2010 | 1:24 p.m.
Updated Monday, June 21, 2010 | 3:29 p.m.
A suspected drunken driver crashed his truck into a bus stop shelter this afternoon near the Fiesta Rancho Hotel and Casino, striking a woman sitting on a bench, police said.
Metro spokeswoman Officer Barbara Morgan said the man crashed into the shelter about 12:40 p.m. near the intersection of North Rancho Drive and West Lake Mead Boulevard.
Police said the northbound pickup truck ran a red light and collided with another vehicle before striking the shelter. A woman at the shelter, the driver of the truck and the driver of the other vehicle were hospitalized, police said.
Police don't know the extent of their injuries. Metro’s fatal accident unit wasn't called to the scene.
Officers suspect the man driving the truck was intoxicated, police said.
Sun photographer Steve Marcus contributed to this report.
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Why is it always the bus-stop shelters? Got to be the most dangerous place in town. We're gonna need to make 'em reinforced bunkers!
This seems to be an annual occurrence. At least this time no one was killed and I hope the lady at the bus stop's injuries are minor.
The authorities need to put this jerk behind bars for a nice long time.
Many of the bus stops in this town are too close to intersections, and for the life of me I don't know why. How many people have to die or be seriously injured before the RTC moves them further away from intersections?
Will the bus shelter be taken in for questioning too? I hate when they jump in front of cars careening out of control.
At least 12-18 months jail time pleez.
I would give this drunk dirt bag a minimum of 10 years in the slammer..But it ain't gonna happen in a town where even the judges drive drunk..Viva Las Vegas
One of the problems is *where* they place the bus stops in relation to the intersection. Most cities place them before an intersection, Las Vegas puts them *after* the intersection, vulnerable to wide left turns.
In this town, it would be impossible to move the bus stops farther away from the roadway. Private property rights and all that.
The solution is an inactive barrier. Just sink a few 6" pipes four feet into the ground and fill them with concrete. Have about 48" projecting above the ground. About four feet apart sounds good.
There is still room for passengers, wheelchairs, scooters, or whatever.
This type of barrier is already used frequently near LP Gas storage tanks to keep them safe from wayward drivers.
Cost: Minimal
Safety Factor: Good
NO SETBACK. and what boftx said.
Walking down Buffalo last night, I was thinking about getting whacked. You are literally ON THE ROADWAY, yet on a sidewalk. There IS NO SETBACK.
And there's the bus stop...sure, I'll sit there and wait for the bus; It's like playing Russian Roulette. I'll just sit here until enough cars come by, one of them is likely to be on the cell or lighting up a heater or a one of a hundred other things we do while driving, and BOOM!!!
Dead.
ADD LIQUOR, & death comes QUICKER.
....and when a car hits those posts and a million pieces fly off of it, you just die from the shrapnel rather than getting flattened?
Well some of the bus stops in this town are not safe for transit commuters like the stop at Las Vegas Blvd and Warm Springs on the South bound side of Las Vegas Blvd no curb just a merge lane for people turning right on LV Blvd You have to stand in gravel and you also have no protection at all from drivers.That intersection is extremely busy and there is many more they should also put some 2 ft diameter concrete pillars that would help prevent cars from entering the stop I will say that RTC has done a good job on alot of stops but high traffic areas should have a little more attention to the and it might even create some jobs for a little while