88°F
weather icon Clear

Woman hospitalized after early morning west Las Vegas crash

Updated June 29, 2019 - 3:40 pm

A woman whom police suspect of driving impaired is in critical condition after a crash Saturday morning in the west valley, Las Vegas police said.

Two cars collided about 4:35 a.m. Saturday on South Jones Boulevard, just north of West Tropicana Avenue, the Metropolitan Police Department said. A 2013 Buick Verano was stopped for a red light at an intersection when a 2017 Honda Civic crashed into the back of the car.

The Honda, driven by 25-year-old Carolina Cervantez-Solis, rotated and slid into the intersection. Cervantez-Solis was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, police said.

The woman showed signs of impairment, police said. The 30-year-old man driving the Buick suffered minor injuries.

As of Saturday afternoon, it did not appear that Cervantez-Solis had been arrested in absentia at the hospital, according to jail and court records. She remained in critical condition, police said.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

THE LATEST
Pollsters say border issues may be driving force for Latino voters this fall

While inflation and cost of living remain the top issue among registered Latino voters in Nevada, a sample of them polled in May chose immigration and border policy as their leading concern outside their economic priorities, according to findings released Tuesday.