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Coroner identifies 84-year-old woman who died after being struck by car in the east Las Vegas Valley

Updated March 3, 2017 - 9:29 pm

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the woman who was struck and killed Thursday in the east valley.

Ganimet Gallegos, an 84-year-old Las Vegas resident, was struck about 6:30 p.m. Thursday by a silver Nissan sedan, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

Gallegos was walking near South Nellis and East Charleston boulevard, but she was not in a marked crosswalk, police said.

She was taken to University Medical Center, where she died at about 7 p.m., police said.

The driver of the silver Nissan remained at the scene.

Contact Jessica Terrones at jterrones@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @JessATerrones on Twitter.

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