A 26-year-old mother of two was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday in the central Las Vegas Valley, police said.<\/p>\n
At about 2:15 p.m., a 1996 Nissan Pathfinder heading west on Bonanza Road collided with a 2004 Ford Mustang that was heading north on Eastern Avenue and ran a red light at the intersection, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Bret Ficklin said in a briefing at the scene. The crash forced the Nissan into the woman and her two kids, a 5-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl in a stroller, who were on the sidewalk at the northwest corner of the intersection.<\/p>\n
The 1-year-old remained in the stroller but was knocked to the side, and the 5-year-old was pinned under a car, according to Shannon Laviguer, a witness. All three were transported to University Medical Center, where the mother died and the children had nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.<\/p>\n
After the Nissan hit the woman, she was pinned against a light pole until two pedestrians put the car in neutral and pushed it off her, according to Laviguer.<\/p>\n
It was the most horrific accident Ive ever seen in my life, Laviguer said. Speeding through an intersection to get where you have to go is not worth it.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Nissan, a 44-year-old woman, was transported to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries, Ficklin said.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Ford, a 15-year-old boy, remained at the scene, police said. He and his passenger, a 16-year-old girl, had minor injuries, according to a release from Metro.<\/p>\n
Impairment was not suspected in the crash. This was the 97th traffic fatality investigated by Metro this year.<\/p>\n
The woman lived in Las Vegas, police said, and will be identified by the Clark County coroners office.<\/p>\n
Contact Mya Constantino at mconstantino@reviewjournal.com<\/a>. Follow @searchingformya on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writers Katelyn Newberg and Sabrina Schnur contributed to this report.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read the original post:<\/p>\n Mother of 2 struck, killed in central Las Vegas - Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A 26-year-old mother of two was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday in the central Las Vegas Valley, police said. At about 2:15 p.m., a 1996 Nissan Pathfinder heading west on Bonanza Road collided with a 2004 Ford Mustang that was heading north on Eastern Avenue and ran a red light at the intersection, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Bret Ficklin said in a briefing at the scene. Continue reading