Las Vegas, NV (May 15) - The Clark County Coroner's Office has identified the couple who were killed in a 2-vehicle collision at a busy Las Vegas intersection in the west Las Vegas Valley Tuesday night, May 15th. Damaso Puente 39-years old and Christa Puente 33-years old, both were residents of Jean, were identified by relatives, according to the coroner’s office. The incident occurred shortly after 9:00 p.m. Tuesday when Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers were summoned to respond to a report of a traffic collision between a 2010 Toyota Prius and a 2013 Mercedes-Benz at the intersection of Hualapai Way and Sahara Avenue.

According to Metro’s preliminary investigation, the Toyota Prius was stopped at a red light at the intersection in the eastbound lanes when the Mercedes-Benz collided at full speed into the rear of the Prius. First responders arrived to pronounce the couple dead at the scene. The driver of the Mercedes-Benz was identified as 23-year old Henry Aparicio, he was transported to University Medical Center where he was treated for minor injuries and later arrested at the hospital on suspicions of driving under the influence. “It was a wild accident,” Calvin Beaulieu, who witnessed the crash, said. “I saw about 10 cop cars driving up this street, I was driving down the street too as they were coming up, literally right when it was happening. It doesn’t make any sense you know use Uber,” Beaulieu said. “It’s more convenient than what happened last night it’s very sad. I’ve been hit by two drunk drivers myself head on, just being in the wrong place wrong time, it’s scary.”

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