A 68-year-old woman died after she was struck by a car Thursday night while trying to retrieve personal items from her vehicle in a Las Vegas intersection.<\/p>\n
The collision occurred around 6:55 p.m. at the intersection of East Warm Springs Road and Paradise Bay Drive, according to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation indicates that the Las Vegas womans 2008 Toyota Camry was stopped in the intersection because of its previous collision involvement.<\/p>\n
A 2005 Chrysler 300 was heading west on East Warm Springs approaching Paradise Bay Drive when the Toyota driver stepped into the roadway, outside of a marked crosswalk, to get personal items from her vehicle. After retrieving the items, she was trying to return to the north sidewalk when the Chrysler struck her, the release said.<\/p>\n
She was transported in critical condition to the Sunrise Hospital and Medical Centers trauma unit, where she was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Chrysler driver, Pedro Taligo-Garcia of Henderson, showed signs of impairment and was later arrested.<\/p>\n
He was not injured in the crash, and neither were any of the four passengers, including a 26-year-old man, a 22-year-old woman, a 25-year-old woman and a 3-year-old boy, all from California.<\/p>\n
No further information was immediately available.<\/p>\n
The womans death marked the 98th traffic fatality in Metros jurisdiction in 2020.<\/p>\n
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