A woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash after she was struck by two vehicles on New Year’s Day, according to police.
A woman was killed after she was struck by two vehicles on New Year’s Day in Laughlin. The first vehicle that hit her fled the scene, police said.
The Metropolitan Police Department said the crashes happened just before 9:10 p.m. in the 800 block of West Casino Drive in Laughlin, an area with no street lighting.
Police said a pedestrian was walking in the road when a vehicle struck her. The vehicle fled the scene without rendering aid or calling police, authorities said.
A short time later, a 2014 Toyota Camry traveling west on West Casino Drive struck the injured pedestrian.
The Camry’s driver stopped her vehicle and called police. She showed no signs of impairment, police said.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash was the second traffic-related fatality in Metro’s jurisdiction in 2026.
Joshua Johnson, 31, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Friday.
Police targeting impaired driving in Nevada made thousands of traffic stops and more than one hundred arrests statewide on Dec. 31, local and state law enforcement said.
Edward Dias is accused of fleeing the scene after hitting a woman who was walking in the roadway.
Sarah Davi and her husband, the Rev. Nick Davi, were shot by their neighbor in December 2023.
A woman was detained after a report of a shooting at a Henderson home on Thursday night, according to police.
One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash Thursday night in the northeast Las Vegas Valley.
The pedestrian’s death marks the first traffic-related fatality for Metro in 2026.
A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Eve in the southeast Las Vegas Valley, according to police.
Two people have been arrested in connection with a double homicide that occurred this month in downtown Las Vegas.
Two men accused of attempting to rob a Summerlin man at gunpoint were shot and arrested while seeking treatment for their wounds, according to Metropolitan Police Department arrest reports.
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