58°F
weather icon Clear
Las Vegas, NV
Local Las Vegas

Homeless person injured by train in central Las Vegas

A man was injured after being struck by a train Tuesday, May 18, 2021, on the railroad tracks u ...
A man was injured after being struck by a train Tuesday, May 18, 2021, on the railroad tracks under the Sahara Avenue overpass off Western Avenue in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Fire Department)
More Stories
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani appear at the grand opening of Ole Red Las Vegas on Tuesday, Apr ...
Gwen Stefani joins Las Vegas Strip gala honoring Blake Shelton
The site of a crash is seen at the intersection of Charleston and Decatur on Sunday, May 5, 202 ...
Pedestrian dies after being hit by car in the west valley
Canelo Alvarez fires up the crowd at Zouk Nightclub at Resorts World at his official after-part ...
Canelo after-party rages at Las Vegas nightclub
The area where an unhoused man was critically injured after a car ran off the road and hit him ...
‘He’s tough’: Man unhurt in 2023 homeless shooting critically injured in hit-and-run
By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
May 18, 2021 - 11:59 am
 

A homeless person suffered a leg injury after being clipped by a train while attempting to cross railroad tracks Tuesday morning in central Las Vegas.

Crews were called just after 10:30 a.m. to the railroad tracks under the Sahara Avenue overpass off Western Avenue, according to a Las Vegas Fire Department news release.

The person was taken to a trauma unit, and the injuries were described as minor.

Contact Tony Garcia at tgarcia@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0307. Follow @TonyGLVNews on Twitter.

THE LATEST
Nevada Highway Patrol (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Motorcycle crash on U.S. 95 leaves man dead
By Taylor Lane / RJ

Southbound lanes on U.S. Highway 95 between the Charleston Boulevard and Boulder Highway exits were closed early Sunday morning for several hours due to a crash.

Graduates participate in the Nevada State University commencement ceremony at the Thomas & ...
Nevada State graduates first class as a university
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

A medical professional hoping to honor her grandmother’s legacy, a first-generation college graduate and a military veteran following in his mother’s footsteps were among the hundreds students who comprised Nevada State University’s class of 2024.