Coroner identifies 79-year-old man who died in east Las Vegas crash
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a 79-year-old man who died after a two-car crash left him in the hospital for weeks.
Apolinar Hernandez was pronounced dead Sunday after being sent to University Medical Center on June 30 following a car crash, the coroner’s office said.
Police were called at 6 a.m. June 30 to the intersection of East Lake Mead Boulevard and Radwick Drive after Hernandez, driving a Hyundai Santa Fe, attempted to make a left turn and collided with a 2006 Kenworth truck, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department.
The truck driver stayed on the scene. Impairment was not suspected.
Police said they are not counting the death as a traffic-related fatality until the coroner has ruled a cause and manner of death.
An online obituary posted by the family said viewing will be held Monday at Heritage Mortuary on North Rancho Drive.
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