A teenage boy is expected to survive after he was struck by a small SUV and dragged more than 300 feet in the west valley Monday afternoon, Oct. 31st. The incident occurred shortly after 3:15 p.m. when Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers were summoned to respond to a pedestrian-vehicle accident near the intersection of West Charleston Boulevard near Indigo Drive near South Hualapai Way. According to LVMPD officers’ preliminary investigation, the vehicle, a small SUV, was turning right onto Charleston Boulevard from the southbound lane on Indigo Drive when he was struck the 14-year old boy who became trapped underneath the SUV and dragged him more than 300 feet before the vehicle stopped. Evidence suggests the boy was in a crosswalk on Indigo and the SUV had the right of way.

The woman driving the SUV remained on scene and was cooperative with police and police say the women will likely be cited but not arrested. The boy was transported by ambulance to University Medical Center Trauma Unit and hospitalized in critical condition. He is expected to survive according to medical staff. There have been 59 pedestrians killed on Clark County roads this year, compared with 41 at this point last year, an increase of 43.9 percent.

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