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By William D'Urso (contact) 
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012 | 11:19 a.m.
A 16-year-old driver was killed Saturday night after his car clipped another vehicle and spun out of control into a concrete wall, Metro Police said.
At about 10:45 p.m., the teen was driving along Jones Boulevard, near the intersection of Empire Circle, with another 16-year-old boy in the passenger seat of his two-door Honda Civic, police said.
The teen moved into the left turn lane to pass an SUV or minivan in front of him, but the rear of his car made contact with the front of the other vehicle as he tried to merge back into the travel lane, police said. The teen’s car spun out of control into the wall, police said.
Both boys were transported to University Medical Center, where the driver was pronounced dead, police said.
The driver of the other vehicle did not stay at the scene and is wanted for questioning, police said.
The boy’s death is the 103rd traffic-related fatality in Metro’s jurisdiction this year.
Anyone with information about the collision may call Metro Police at (702) 828-3128 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555 or go online to crimestoppersofnv.com.
I cannot believe how many people leave the scene of accidents here in Las Vegas.
@vegasbike
Take a look at whosarrested.com for Clark county and see how many drivers are arrested on a daily basis for no license, no registration and no insurance. The numbers are out of control. And that's the ones who are caught.
here's what I think. Many LasVegans think they are in a constant NASCAR race.
As a driver, you see an open spot, so you put on your turn signal to merge, then they speed up so you cant get in. These poor kids don't know who they are dealing with.
The "driver of interest" car, after having been passed - got pissed- sped up to not let the driver back in without a fight. Why else would he have run?
Find that driver.
This accident seemed to be caused by the lack of experience on the 16 year old's part. He obviously misjudged on how much room he had to move back into the right lane - something more experienced drivers would know - to give themselves enough room to get into the lane again. Sounds as if he had NO room to move back into the right lane because of vehicles in front of him but tried to do it anyway. Night time driving is dangerous enough. You always use caution. The driver who drove away will be found - another driver with no insurance, expired license (if having a license at all) - the whole "Vegas Package".
First, my condolences to the family and friends of the young driver. This is the kind of thing that gives you nightmares when your child is about to get their driver's license. I'm so sorry.
My husband was injured in a crash on I-15 a couple of years ago. The guy that hit him ran away, leaving his vehicle. The guy had a license and insurance and is a citizen. Maybe he was drunk, I don't know because he left the scene.
A couple of Hispanic guys pulled over to offer assistance and called 911. They needed a translator to make their official statements, so I'm not sure if they were citizens or not, but they were decent human beings.
Leaving the scene when there is an injury is inexcusable, IMHO.
In the debate of whether or not the teen left enough time/room to move back into the travel lane after passing (Det Munch, cliff) let's not overlook that the article says "The teen moved into the left turn lane to pass..." which, if correct, was an illegal action on the part of the teen in the first place.
Neither marked left turn lanes or center turn lanes may be legally used for passing in Nevada.
So while it is inexcusable for the other driver to have left the scene, it would appear from the information in the article that the entire incident began with an illegal action on by the teen driver.
Speed? For the car to spin out of control and impact with force? Det_Munch speculates seem right on--another driver without insurance, without license driving illegally in all probability. While there may have been a job or other "need" for a teen to be driving at night, just because your kid has a license does NOT mean they should be out there driving. What's happened to parents who have the kid drive with the parents in the car--take us to the grocery--and NOT let the kids drive unsupervised until we're very comfortable with the performance.
Could it be that the SUV speeded up to stop them overtaking thus the SUV was at fault.
Here's the key statement: "The teen moved into the LEFT TURN lane to pass an SUV or minivan in front of him. . . " Tragic as it is it could have been avoided if the teen was just a little more patient. I suspect the driver of the SUV got upset and sped up to prevent him from getting back in but i wasn't there and won't speculate. I see this all the time where they pass in a turn lane or even an emergency lane. It of course, makes me upset to see someone do that because it creates a dangerous situation for everyone. This is a very sad outcome.
At least the 16yr old fool won't be putting other lives in danger anymore.