‘Utter devastation’: Two teens killed in crash identified
Connie and Doug Stanley’s grandsons grew up with the two 16-year-old boys who were killed in what police said was a red light-running crash in east Las Vegas on Saturday.
The Stanleys were out at the crash scene on the northeast corner of South Pecos Road and East Hacienda Avenue on Monday evening, where mourners had been leaving candles, flowers and other mementos in memory of the two boys.
“It’s very hard for me,” Connie Stanley said as she re-lit some of the candles that had been blown out by the wind.
She added that her two grandsons, who are 19 and 16, were friends with Thomas Quintero Jr., 16, and Eduardo Barragan, 16.
Quintero and Barragan were publicly identified by the Clark County coroner’s office Monday as the two boys who were killed in the crash, which happened at about 12:25 p.m. at Pecos and Hacienda.
The boys died of blunt force injuries, the coroner’s office said.
Neither teen was wearing a seat belt, police said.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the teenagers were northbound on Pecos when the 2010 Pontiac G6 they were in drove into the intersection despite a red light, striking a turning Ford Explorer.
The Pontiac then veered onto a sidewalk and slammed into a streetlight pole, throwing both teens from the car.
The passenger died at the scene, while the driver was later pronounced dead at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, police said.
The Explorer’s passenger suffered minor injuries.
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Right now, LVMPD Fatal detectives are working on their preliminary investigation of our jurisdiction's 36th & 37th traffic fatality, at the intersection of. Pecos & Hacienda. This was an Auto vs. Auto collision. pic.twitter.com/pNNIFhAzsi— LVMPD Traffic Bureau (@LVMPD_Traffic) March 10, 2024
No further updates were immediately available from police on Monday.
“This Fatal Collision is an ongoing investigation, any and all details regarding this case is being investigated by our Traffic Section–Fatal Detail,” wrote a Metro spokesperson in an email Monday.
In a video posted to X by Metro’s traffic bureau on Saturday, Sgt. Stuart Richmond stood in front of the destroyed Pontiac at the crash scene and described the circumstances of the violent collision.
“If you look at this scene, it’s utter devastation,” he said in the video. “The vehicle is completely split in half and as a result of this we have two people dead from this collision.”
The sergeant then told valley drivers to be more careful.
“Clark County citizens, you need to obey traffic laws,” Richmond said in the video. “Slow down, get off your phones, wear your seat belts, stop running red lights. Remember, save a life, even if it’s yours.”
The teens’ deaths were the 36th and 37th traffic fatalities in Metro’s jurisdiction this year, Richmond said.
Contact Brett Clarkson at bclarkson@reviewjournal.com.
