1 killed, impairment suspected in southwest Las Vegas crash
One person was killed in a suspected impaired driving crash in southwest Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon.
Officers were called at 3 p.m. to West Arby Avenue and Babiana Street, near South Fort Apache Road, after a report of an injury crash, according to Metropolitan Police Department traffic logs.
An initial investigation found that a Tesla was heading west on Arby Avenue at an “excessive rate of speed,” according to a Sunday news release. Near an intersection, the vehicle “became airborne” and started to rotate.
It landed and collided with three different sections of cinder block walls, police said. One of the passengers was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another passenger was taken to University Medical Center.
The driver, identified as 25-year-old Jonathan Wilson, of Las Vegas, failed field sobriety tests and was arrested for DUI and reckless driving, police said. He was scheduled to appear in court on Sunday afternoon, according to jail records
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