A multi vehicle crash on Thursday near East Sahara Avenue and Fremont Street left a woman dead.

According to Las Vegas police, the accident happened shortly before 7 a.m. when 38 year Claudia Bustamante of Las Vegas was driving a motorized scooter with another female passenger. A 2000 Honda Civic was travelling southbound on Fremont Street and ran a red light. It was hit by a Toyota Camry   travelling west on Sahara. The Honda then hit the back of a 1996 Ford Explorer on Sahara, which spun and hit the scooter, a 2013 Tao Tao VIP. Finally the Explorer hit a 2000 Volkswagen Jetta.

Bustamente and her passenger were thrown off the scooter and Bustamante was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

The passenger on the scooter, a 39 year old woman, had serious injuries and the 32 year old woman driving the Honda Civic as well as a 59 year old man and a woman in the Explorer all suffered minor injuries and were taken to Sunrise Hospital.

The 44 year old female driving the Camry also suffered minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment.

The accident caused the intersection to be closed for around six hours.

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A pedestrian was killed on Saturday night after he was struck by a vehicle.

According to Las Vegas police, 35 year old Ruben Ruvalcaba from Las Vegas, was hit by a 2002 Cadillac DeVille just before 11 p.m. near the intersection of Howard Hughes Parkway and Sands Avenue.

It appears from statements taken at the scene that Ruvalcaba crossed southbound on Sands but he was not in a crosswalk and in addition he was wearing dark clothing.  He was taken to Sunrise Hospital where he was pronounced dead as a result of multiple injuries.

The 62 year old male driver of the Cadillac did not leave the scene and nor did he seem to be impaired. He was not arrested.

According to police, this fatality was one of four which happened within a six hour time period in Las Vegas, all of which involved motor vehicle accidents.

A male driver was gravely injured in a serious automobile accident after another driver failed to stop at a stop sign at the end of a freeway off ramp and smashed into his car.

A female was driving southbound on Interstate 15 freeway approaching the off ramp to Baxter Road. She was slowing down as she approached the stop sign at the end of the ramp. Meanwhile, the male driver was driving westbound on Baxter Road at 30 mph and was approaching the end of the southbound off ramp. The female driver, who was under the influence of a controlled substance, kept on driving and failed to stop at the stop sign. She drove right into the vehicle being driven by the male driver.

He suffered numerous injuries including excruciating neck pain, back pain and multiple injuries caused by the vehicle’s airbag and he was subsequently awarded $855,000

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A driver ran a red light on Thursday leading to the death of a pedestrian.

According to Metro police, early on Thursday morning, at around 4.30 a.m., a dark sedan ran a red light at the intersection of Sahara and Eastern avenues. At the same time, according to witnesses, Las Vegas resident, 57 year old Marlon Duane Collins was crossing in a cross walk. The sedan had no headlights and it ploughed into Collins who died shortly afterwards at University Medical Hospital. The driver did not stop.

Police said that they are still looking for both the car, which is said to be a dark colored Nissan Sentra from 2013 or 2014, and its driver. It was last seen heading east on Sahara.

Metro investigated the crash, leading to the closure of the intersection of Sahara and Eastern for around four hours.

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A motorcyclist died on Monday evening on Desert Inn Road in east Las Vegas

According to Las Vegas police, the accident happened just before 5 p.m. at the Desert Inn Road and Berwyck Street intersection, near Pecos Road.

The police went on to say that 44 year old Christopher Salvi, from Las Vegas, was travelling eastbound on Desert Inn on a 2007 Honda 919 when a 1999 Isuzu Trooper driven by a 69-year-old man turned onto Pecos in front of him.

Salvi slid for several hundred feet after the crash, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Trooper’s stayed at the scene as the accident was being investigated.

Police closed Desert Inn in both directions from Pecos to Sandhill Road to clear the scene and investigate.

At this time police do not suspect drugs or alcohol contributed to the crash.

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There was a five vehicle pileup on Sunday morning at Lake Mead Boulevard and Lamb Boulevard leaving one man critically injured.

Metro police detectives say a Chevy Tahoe driven by Fajardo J. Guadalupe, aged 34, was heading east on Lake Mead when he ran a red light, hitting an Oldsmobile Ciera that was northbound on Lamb. The Oldsmobile was then pushed into a Hyundai Sonata and a Nissan Armada that were stopped at a red light on Lake Mead. The driver of the Oldsmobile, who was a 34 year old man from Henderson, was taken to University Trauma Center with critical injuries. No other injuries were reported.

According to the police, Guadalupe then continued to drive after the collision and went on to hit a Cadillac Escalade before his vehicle eventually stopped. He then tried to flee on foot but was caught by a LVMPD patrol officer who happened to be at the scene.

Guadalupe was given a field sobriety test, which he failed, and he was then arrested for felony DUI with bodily harm and felony hit-and-run.

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Early Saturday afternoon, at around 1.30 p.m., there was a three vehicle crash on East Sahara Avenue west of South Caravelle Street.

According to investigators, following a review of the evidence and witness statements, it appears the crash occurred due to street racing.

They went on to say that the accident involved a black Mazda, being driven by Maneeraj Songmuang, aged 21, a silver Mazda driven by Kai Thorsted, aged 32, and a red Nissan, driven by 23-year-old Tyler Manning. The three cars were racing east on Sahara and as they approached Caravelle, the passenger side of the black Mazda struck the left rear of the silver Mazda which then spun and stopped. However, the impact of the collision led to the black Mazda colliding with another vehicle, a gray Toyota Tundra, which caused the black Mazda to roll onto its roof.

Songmuang, the driver of the black Mazda, was seriously injured and was taken to University Medical Center Trauma Hospital. Police went on to say that although the red Nissan was not involved in the crash, it was also racing.

The Toyota driver, a 41 year old man, was not racing and neither he, nor a 7 year old boy in the truck, suffered injuries.

Investigators said that, depending on the final investigation report, the three drivers who were racing may face prosecution.

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Following a golf cart accident on Thursday, at around 5:45 p.m. on a street in The Ridges community,

Las Vegas entertainer Pia Zadora suffered serious head injuries and fractured her ankle in three places.

Zadora, 61, is now in Intensive Care at University Medical Center as she suffered bleeding in and around the brain. She is drifting in and out of consciousness although she is able to speak.

Zadora was a passenger in the golf cart driven by her 19-year-old son, Jordan. It appears he took a sharp turn while driving the vehicle which then tipped and tossed her out.

According to her manager, Brian Panella, she is expected to make a full recovery but will stay in hospital for the moment.

Zadora got her start in show business appearing in the original Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof” at the age of 10. This summer she starred in “Pia Reloaded,” a musical production that chronicled her life and career.

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