Armored truck hits, kills 87-year-old at Las Vegas shopping center
An armored truck struck and killed a 82-year-old man man in a motorized shopping cart Tuesday afternoon in a northwest Las Vegas Valley shopping center, police said.
The incident was reported just before 2 p.m. at a shopping center on the 6100 block of North Decatur Boulevard, near the 215 Beltway, Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Larry Hadfield said.
The LVMPD is currently working a Fatal Accident in the 6100 block of North Decatur Blvd. No road closures are reported at this time.
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) December 17, 2019
Detectives determined that an armored truck was stopped facing east in front of an entrance to a business as the man left the business on a motorized shopping cart, according to a Tuesday night news release. The man drove the cart into the parking lot in front of the armored truck as the truck began to move forward, hitting the man in the cart.
The man and the cart were knocked to the pavement, and the truck continued to run over the man as “bystanders attempted to gain the armored car driver’s attention,” the release said.
The man was taken to University Medical Center for treatment, where he later died. The Clark County coroner’s office will identify the man after his family is notified.
The armored truck driver stayed at the scene and did not appear to be impaired, police said. The man’s death marks the 101st traffic-related fatality Metro has investigated this year.
In a previous version of this story, police gave incorrect information on the age of the man who died.
Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Max Michor contributed to this report.
