Las Vegas man accused of killing mom, 2 children in DUI crash ordered back to jail

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man accused of causing a crash that killed a mother and her two children earlier this year, who police cited months earlier for driving more than double the speed limit, is back in jail, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.

On Jan. 7, Darryl Smith, 36, allegedly told first responders he had wine and cough syrup before crashing his pickup truck into Rebecca Post and her sons in Henderson, documents said. Henderson Justice Court Judge David Gibson set Smith’s bail at $255,000 during a hearing on Jan. 11.

Smith posted bond in February. In addition to wearing an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, Gibson ordered Smith not to drive, consume alcohol, or consume cough syrup.

Smith appeared in court last week after his bracelet reported a “tamper event” and “alcohol was reported present during [the] tamper event,” records said. Records did not detail the allegation further, and the 8 News Now Investigators’ request Thursday for more information from the court was denied.

Gibson remanded Smith to jail without bail, adding he was “not confident regarding the [alcohol] monitoring,” records said.

Smith faces three counts of DUI resulting in death and one count of reckless driving resulting in substantial bodily harm, records showed.

In 2008, a Metro police officer cited Smith for DUI. In that case, the officer said Smith admitted to “smoking a blunt of marijuana,” was speaking with slurred speech and could not stand straight, documents said.

In 2009, Smith pleaded guilty, and a judge ordered him to attend DUI school and a victim impact panel.

On Feb. 27, 2023, a Las Vegas Metro police officer cited Smith for reckless driving for “traveling at speed over double posted speed limit of 25 mph” on McLeod Drive near Tompkins Avenue, documents said. The citation indicates Smith was driving the same pickup truck involved in the triple-fatal crash.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for July 25.

Last year, the NTSB cited Nevada’s failure to address drivers’ repeated traffic infractions, citing “systemic deficiencies, including routine plea agreements that alter of drop violations, inaccurate driver records, failure to accurately track citations and delays in reporting convictions.”

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