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Las Vegas woman ID’d as pedestrian struck, killed on I-15

Updated August 26, 2019 - 11:06 am

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a Las Vegas resident who was fatally struck by a vehicle while walking on Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas early Saturday.

Amanda Miranda, 29, was hit and killed around 4 a.m. while walking north in a lane on the freeway near Craig Road, the coroner’s office said. Traffic on the highway was shut down for five hours while emergency crews responded, the Review-Journal previously reported.

Miranda’s cause and manner of death were pending.

Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0278. Follow @sabrina_schnur on Twitter.

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