2-year-old boy struck, killed at east Las Vegas park
A 2-year-old boy was killed Monday night when he ran into the path of a sport utility vehicle at an east Las Vegas park, police said.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified the boy as Miguel Angel Morales, of Las Vegas.
Las Vegas police said officers were called to Douglas A. Selby Park at 1293 N. Sandhill Road, near East Washington Avenue, at 7:38 p.m. for a report of an auto-pedestrian crash. Police said Morales was struck by a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by a 19-year-old Las Vegas woman as the vehicle was traveling northbound, approaching a park exit ramp.
“The investigation initiated by the LVMPD Fatal Detail indicated the vehicle was traveling north to exit the park and continue on North Henry Drive,” police said. “The 2-year-old juvenile was running across the ramp into the path of the approaching vehicle. The front of the vehicle struck the pedestrian, forcing him to the ground.”
Morales was taken to University Medical Center, where he died. His cause and manner of death were not immediately released.
Police said the driver was not impaired and remained at the scene. Police also said in a news release that “excessive speed did not appear to be a causative factor.”
The death is the 59th traffic-related fatality in Las Vegas police jurisdiction in 2021.
Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Alexis Ford contributed to this report.
