On early Tuesday morning, a man lost his life following an auto-pedestrian collision on a freeway on-ramp in Las Vegas.
As per the initial information, the fatal hit-and-run crash was reported at about 3:48 a.m. on the Pinto Lane on-ramp to southbound Interstate 15. The early reports showed that a vehicle struck a pedestrian for undetermined reasons. The driver of the involved vehicle fled the scene after the accident.
Officers stated that the man might have been killed between the hours of midnight at 3:48 a.m. He suffered major injuries and was declared dead at the scene by the officials. Authorities are searching for a Ford pickup truck with damage to the right front end and a missing headlight.
The on-ramp was closed for multiple hours on Tuesday morning to give way to the investigation, but was back open as of 7 a.m. The identity of the deceased will be revealed once the next of kin is notified. No further details were provided.
The incident remains under active review.
July 6, 2022
Source: KTNV 13 Action News