Man fleeing Las Vegas police crashes vehicle, snarls traffic

A man who fled from police crashed his vehicle at a central Las Vegas intersection Friday morning, prompting some modest traffic delays.

Las Vegas police Lt. Larry Hadfield said at 7:46 a.m. a person called police to say a man pointed a gun at them in the area of Madison Avenue and E Street. When police arrived, a man in a sedan-style vehicle fled the scene. Police started to pursue the vehicle and the man crashed at the intersection of Decatur Boulevard and Vegas Drive.

The driver of the car he crashed into suffered minor injuries, according to Lt. Ken Nogle.

Nogle said the suspect was taken into custody and suffered no injuries. Police recovered a firearm from the vehicle.

The intersection was restricted, but expected to reopen early Friday afternoon.

Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0278. Follow @sabrina_schnur on Twitter. Review-Journal reporter Glenn Puit contributed to this report.