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Friday, April 29, 2011 | 9:41 a.m.
Aleesha C. Daly
A pedestrian who died after being hit by a suspected drunken driver shortly after midnight Thursday was identified today as Russell Barnet Fix III.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office said Fix, 58, of Las Vegas, died of blunt force injuries of the head, chest and lower extremities. The death was ruled accidental in nature.
Metro Police responded at 12:03 a.m. to Las Vegas Boulevard and Four Seasons Drive, where authorities say a 1998 Ford F-150 pickup truck had been northbound in the right lane. A witness told police Fix was walking in a designated crosswalk from the east curb to the west curb, but left the crosswalk at its midpoint to walk northeast toward a bus stop.
Fix was in the right travel lane and jaywalking when he was struck by the pickup truck, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the driver of the Ford, Aleesha C. Daly, 28, of Las Vegas, failed field sobriety tests at the scene and was booked into the Clark County Detention Center in connection with DUI. Bail was set at $50,000.
This was the 26th traffic-related fatality this year in Metro Police jurisdiction.
Its immaterial that the pedestrian was jaywalking. The driver of a vehicle must keep control of the vehicle at all times, that includes stopping for people that are jaywalking. It clear the driver's vision was impaired for one reason, drinking.
@express445--So you're implying that a sober person couldn't possibly have hit the jaywalker on the strip at midnight? Hmmmm
This is sad but pedestrians also have a responsibility to keep an eye out for traffic even if they are in a marked crosswalk. You just never know when an impaired/distracted driver may not observe pedestrians in their path.
Listen people, she didn't wake up in the morning planning to kill someone, so have an f-n heart. Could happen to anyone. I suppose it's easy to talk smack behind the screen of a computer, but I bet all of you drove intoxicated at least once in your life, but got lucky...