Speeding motorist killed in single-vehicle wreck
Las Vegas Police. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Updated April 19, 2022 - 12:46 pm
A motorist was killed early Sunday in a single-vehicle crash in northeast Las Vegas.
The crash was reported about 4:40 a.m. at North Hollywood Boulevard and Walnut Canyon Drive, police said.
Alejandro Tapia, a 25-year-old Las Vegas resident, died at the scene, police said.
An Ford F-150 was speeding northbound when Tapia lost control and the pickup veered onto a sidewalk, hitting a couple cinder block walls and a light pole before ending up in a home’s backyard, police said.
This was the 47th traffic fatality investigated by Metro in 2022.
The investigation was ongoing.
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