Car Accident

02/27/2015 Several bills are being introduced in the City in an effort to improve pedestrian and motorist safety. There have been more pedestrian deaths in the past year in addition to more fatalities from car accidents. Hit and runs, also, have increased. A Bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Manendo, D-Las Vegas proposes “pedestrian safety zones”. […]

 03/02/2014   There were 60 pedestrian deaths last year in the Las Vegas Valley. Many more people were hospitalized. More died from pedestrian fatalities in Clark County than in Manhatten, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, and Dallas. and the death rate is rising. Raising community awareness and strengthening law enforcement did not affect the […]

11/15/2011 The Nevada Highway Patrol initiated the fifth installment of the “Badge on Board” program. It is a program in which a NHP sargent sits in the passenger seat of a commercial vehicle to monitor the activities and behavior of motorists when they encounter commercial vehicles. Among the activities monitored are: unsafe lane changes, tailgating, […]

4/16/2015   An accident occurred Wednesday in which a car ran into oncoming traffic on a Las Vegas freeway. Four people died in the accident. Three cars were involved in the accident. Three people riding in a Toyota Camry died at the scene. They included a 56 year old woman, the driver, a 50 year […]

7/20/10 A two car accident occurred Monday killing a 19 year old and critically injuring a 17 year old. The accident occurred on Hollywood Boulevard south of Charleston Boulevard. A 2000 Dodge Neon lost control of the car and hit the front of a 2005 Hyundai Sante Fe. The 19 year old was hospitalized where […]

Twenty people died from car accidents in 13 days in Clark  county, Nevada this year. Reasons may be shorter days, less visibility, cooler weather, holiday shoppers.

A 17 year old woman driving a truck hit a stopped vehicle Monday afternoon. Charles Wayne Wise, occupant of the stopped vehicle, died at the scene in the accident. The truck apparently showed no sign of stopping. Wise’s vehicle had stopped to make a turn from Route 208. The 17 year old was temporarily hospitalized […]

Rain fell for three hours in the Las Vegas area totaling more than an inch. An electrical fire was triggered in a building and many auto accidents were caused. The storm caused power outages and shorted out traffic lights, jamming traffic. A fire was started at Cheyenne Commons Shopping Center. The fire affected several stores […]