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Impairment suspected in fatal crash in east Las Vegas valley: police

By Madina Ansary,

6 hours ago

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Impairment is suspected in a crash that left one person dead in the east Las Vegas valley on Saturday, according to police.

On Sunday around midnight, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to reports of a vehicle that struck a person on east Charleston Boulevard, just east of the intersection with 10th Street.

According to police, evidence and witness statements indicated that a Toyota Camry was traveling eastbound on Charleston Boulevard when it hit a person who was walking outside of a crosswalk. The crash occurred when the front right of the Toyota struck the right side of the individual, LVMPD said.

Emergency medical personnel arrived at the scene, but despite all life-saving efforts, the victim was pronounced dead on site, police said. The victim was identified as a 51-year-old from Las Vegas.

According to the police report, the driver, identified as Nicholas Pinal, 23, showed signs of impairment and was arrested on DUI-related charges.

The pedestrian’s death marks the 126th traffic-related fatality in the LVMPD’s jurisdiction for 2024. The crash is currently still under investigation by the LVMPD Collision Investigation Section.

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Griffin 91E

3h ago

This is another tragic story. From the article, the victim was out of the crosswalk, but had the driver not been impaired as suspected, this death probably wouldn't have happened. Try the driver, find him guilty, and since we don't execute murderers, have him forfeit his life by spending it in jail.

Mad Jack

4h ago

I don’t give a shit that this driver screwed up his life.! He killed someone because he was impaired and chose to drive his puke little Toyota. Our lazy ass prosecutors will probably offer him a plea deal and he will be out very soon. This pos driver should be charged with vehicular homicide, but we have seen it too many times that the prosecutors say it is too hard to prosecute(lazy) the guy gets a slap on the wrist for killing a innocent person. Until we get prosecutors and da’s that will do their job(not worthless wolfson) DUI’s and dead people will continue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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