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StumbleCoroner identifies fleeing driver killed in police chase
Published Thursday, May 20, 2010 | 6:51 a.m.
Updated Thursday, May 20, 2010 | 6:04 p.m.
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A 26-year-old man died Wednesday night after his car collided into three moving vehicles, including a police cruiser.
Ivan Carrillo of North Las Vegas died at University Medical Center at 11:06 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Clark County Coroner’s Office.
Metro Police received a call at 10:09 p.m. that a black Honda Civic was moving slowly and was weaving between lanes in the area of Carey Avenue and Lamb Boulevard.
A Metro motorcycle officer found the car and tried to stop it, but police say Carrillo continued driving the Honda Civic slowly toward Nellis Boulevard. When the vehicle reached Nellis Boulevard, it sped up, police said.
The motorcycle officer called in a police helicopter for help while patrol officers on the ground began a short pursuit of the Honda. Carrillo failed to stop, police said, and the police cruisers ended the pursuit while continuing to follow the vehicle without lights and sirens.
The Honda, which was northbound on Lamb, struck a police car after reaching the intersection of Lamb and Lone Mountain Road. The Honda then crossed over into the southbound lanes on Lamb, colliding with a Ford Contour and a Dodge Ram 1500.
The Dodge Ram then struck a Pontiac Grand Prix, police said.
The driver of the Ford Contour, Andrea Hottel, 31, of Las Vegas, was taken to UMC with moderate injuries, investigators said. No other drivers were injured.
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Love these Gillespie clown show updates.
Nothing to like when people die or are injured in drunken driving incidents such as this. Useless waste.
Darwin's theories are still holding up today, it seems.
I'm very thankful the innocent individuals are expected to make a full recovery. =)
Thank God he killed himself, before he killed an innocent driver. Justice served.
It's good nobody else was seriously injured and this WILL save the courts some time. Why these brain dead people keep trying to kill themselves while taking others with them just doesn't make sense. They should just go out into the desert and shoot themselves.
Rush hour just got a wee bit lighter.
Thank goodness the innocent ones are ok. I agree why do people that don't care about their lives feel its ok to take others down also. People that hate their lives and go on shooting sprees or they are tired of relationships so they kill the other then theirselves...sad sad world!
This was not Metro's fault' It was the fault of the drunk driver and if 1 person is dead then im glad it's him and not an innocent person.
Another Bozo driver / idiot permanently off the city streets!!!
AND THE TRUTH WAS, the Sargent repeatedly told the officers to stop the pursuit. Did that officer who rammed the 'reckless' drivers car (that was doing only 30 mph, btw) causing this accident LISTEN to the Sargent's orders? NOPE.
There you have it!. Metro continue to put other lives at risk.
You gotta love Metros "creative wording".....................
"""the suspected reckless driver crossed lanes and caused the crash."""
When the truth was Metro """Rammed"" the suspect at a busy intersection putting many others lives in danger". In Fact, because of the reckless officer actions, 2-3 victims needed EMS. And to top it, the officer committed this crime regardless of his supervisors numourous order's to stop the pursuit.
Good riddance to bad trash.
I applaud Metro for doing their job. They stopped a drunk driver who was on track to kill innocents, and no one was harmed in the process. The driver died, I feel sorry for his family, but not for him. He got what he deserved for drinking and driving.
who said he was drunk?
26 years old, he's just a kid, sad. Article doesn't mention alchohol, it says "report of a drunk or reckless driver."
Could be just a kid panicking, for him to speed after the cops stopped following shows he wasn't thinking straight, probably having a panick attack.
Guess we'll never know.
People have a good reason to be terrified of METRO
Fire the cops and empty the jails!! "Mightaswell" and all the conspiracy idiots might have a point!! Fend for yourselves!! Let's see how brave you really are when the day of reckoning comes!! All bark, no bite....HA!!
Metro cops are just a bunch of Adrenaline junkies.
well to everybody that has wrote on here i think it was wrong that he was drinking and driving i agree he should have not been driving thats even if he was but i dont believe that one should wish and that one is happy that, that peron is dead u did not no him you have no clue what kind of person he is. I say never judge someone by what u read or how he loks one has no clue what was going on nor what he was thinking at that very moment. so i hope all to who write here doesn't have a son grandkid, daughter nor mother or father or just someone dear that u love because i would never wish for this to happen to u, u have no clue what it feels like to lose someone u love unexpectadly. god bless that family and u will be in our prayers
cernav.....
tahkx..niece to sea someone with the reel fax,..tahnx..uy are reel world tomeee
Carrillo saved us taxpayer's money, thank you!
Well done, Metro, keep up the excellent work, we appreciate the hard work, you're all do for a raise. The more you handle the problem in the field, the more taxpayer money you save us who pay taxes.
You know their is alot of unanswered questions hear like y were the roads closed until after 9am if this happend at 10pm and y was the bomb squad out on sceen? this might not have been a drunk driver but maby something else was going on hear and i would like to know more information
I hear they're giving out drivers licenses at Wal-Mart now
I am not sure where Mightaswell gets off. Obviously a insecure person that is afraid of the Police and authority. Last I checked red and blue lights with a siren meant stop. If you dont stop the consequences will follow. So where is the conspiracy dipstick? The Police did not "cause" this accident. It was caused by the actions of the driver that was killed who chose to disobey laws. You need to grow up...get a life..put responsibility where responsibility is due my man. Sick and tired of those law breakers getting sympathy from those who blame others for their actions. Go to the prisons ask the prisoners how many are guilty. I am sure the majority will say "guilty as charged"...NOT!
When a fleeing driver takes himself out there is no reason to cry for them. This individual did it to himself. In my town, a similar event happened last week. The fleeing suspect (in a stolen car) ran an officer down and officers opened fire. (including the officer who was run down). Let's just say, he won't do that again, and the officer will be O.K.
People have to learn that they should obey the law. Glad the bystanders will be O.K. Too many times the suspect ends up killing an innocent bystander.
Wow, this is the secind time this week that environ and I agreed on something.
Its called 'Natural Selection' ladies and gents... the thinning of the herd.