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Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 | 10:40 p.m.
One person died and two were injured in a five-car crash on Interstate 215 near Sahara Avenue around 7 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Kevin Honea said.
A man driving a black Chevy Tahoe had failed to slow down for traffic and slammed into a stopped Mini Cooper going an estimated 55 mph, Honea said. The collision killed the driver of the Mini Cooper and injured the passenger. A person in a separate car was also injured.
All three victims were taken to University Medical Center, where the driver of the Mini Cooper was pronounced dead. The man driving the Tahoe fled the accident on foot, Honea said. Nevada Highway Patrol is still searching for the driver.
Honea said I-215 westbound near Sahara Avenue is closed for investigation. Traffic is being diverted to the Sahara off-ramp and can get back on the highway from the Sahara on-ramp.
Nevada Highway Patrol urges anyone with information on the accident to contact Nevada Highway Patrol investigators at (702) 486-4100.
"The man driving the Tahoe fled the accident on foot" ...how could this happen? A freeway full of stopped vehicles, 5 car accident so serious it caused death, and he just runs off. Just sayin
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I'm sure the Tahoe was reported stolen as soon as the driver got to a phone. A terrible, terrible incident.
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Maybe it was stolen beforehand. Fleeing and leaving your own vehicle is stupid. It's not hard for the cops to track the driver down. If it really was stolen, and the thief gets away, he's likely gotten away with it.
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to BeSafer;
when I visited Mexico I rode in several taxis and/or shuttles. When they wish to turn left drivers pull off to the right allowing traffic behind them to pass while watching rear view mirror, when this traffic has cleared from behind the driver will give a glance to oncoming traffic for the slightest gap - then floor it to cross all lanes. It's as though the right shoulder is the left turn lane!?!
I see immigrants do it here. Very alarming as a passenger or fellow driver.
If the Tahoe wasn't stolen they should be able to find this guy pretty quick. They now can't charge him with DUI with death...just leaving the scene with bodily injury/death.
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I find very disappointing that the RJ continues to "cover up" the real story here. You have conveniently deleted the name of the driver of the truck in this incident. Why do you leave the name in other articles and accidents? Perhaps, because the driver of the vehicle is the CEO of Sunrise Hopsital. Shame on him for running from the accident. Shame on the RJ for continuing the cover up. These are NOT personal attacks dear sirs, these are FACTS. It's way past the time everyone in this city be held to accountable, not just a few. If anything, people at the exectuve level should be held to a higher standard. In my many years of living in LV this continues to appaul me.