August 14th ─ Las Vegas Metropolitan Police are investigating 2 separate incidents involving pedestrians struck by vehicles in the Las Vegas Metro area Sunday evening. The 1st incident was reported around 8:00 p.m. when LVMP officers responded to a call about a pedestrian that was struck in the parking lot of a Walmart at 5198 Boulder Highway, near South Nellis Boulevard and East Harmon Avenue. According to investigators, a vehicle had swerved into another vehicle, which caused that 2nd vehicle to then hit the victim, a homeless man in his 60s. The victim suffered severe injuries including multiple compound fractures and was taken to Sunrise Trauma. His Condition is currently unknown along with his identity.

The 2ndincident occurred around 8:40 p.m. Sunday evening when authorities responded to a call about an elderly man who was struck and sustained injuries while attempting to cross a busy street outside a crosswalk in downtown Las Vegas. The incident happened in the 1900 block of East Charleston Boulevard, west of South Eastern Avenue. The driver remained that the scene and cooperated with officers. The victim was transported by ambulance to University Medical Center Trauma in serious condition. There is no further information on either pedestrian at this time and officers have only said that the investigations are still under review.

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