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Pedestrian ‘critical’ after being hit by car in northeast Las Vegas

A woman was seriously injured when she was struck by a car in northeast Las Vegas Sunday night.

Las Vegas police said the woman was crossing East Owens Avenue at North 23rd Street, outside of a marked crosswalk, when she was struck by a Honda Accord traveling eastbound on Owens at 8:42 p.m. The pedestrian was rushed to University Medical Center with “life-threatening” injuries, police said in a press release. Her identity was not immediately known.

Police Lt. David Gordon said Monday morning that the woman was in critical condition at the hospital.

The driver of the Honda, a 30-year-old man from Las Vegas, remained at the scene. He did not show any signs of impairment, police said.

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