LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – We’re learning new details about a deadly crash involving a Nevada Department of Corrections employee.
An investigation is now underway after the Las Vegas-area prison employee was suspected of being impaired, and then sent home. That’s when he crashed his truck and died.
A witness at Southern Desert Correctional Center noticed something was off when 38-year-old, Miles Collins showed up for work. We now know from the coroner that Collins had meth, MDMA, cocaine and THC in his system when he died.
That prison insider says Collins never should have been behind the wheel.
The crash happened on July 2nd this year, around 11:15 a.m. along US-95 near Indian Springs, not far from Southern Desert Correctional Center.
The coroner’s report states Collins was driving his Toyota Tundra southbound when, “for unknown reasons, he left the roadway, the truck rolled, he was ejected and came to a stop in a desert area by the roadway.”
The autopsy report lists the cause of death being from blunt force injuries, and rules it an accident.
However, “per Nevada Highway Patrol, impairment is believed to be a factor,” as stated in the report.
After he showed up for his shift, Collins was driven to a clinic in Las Vegas for testing, then back to the prison. According to the prison insider, who does not wish to be identified, Collins was allowed to drive home.
That goes against protocol in a recent manual for State of Nevada Executive Branch Agencies.
“Once the employee has completed all required testing, it is the appointing authority’s responsibility to make sure the employee is transported home,” the manual states.
FOX has learned that would be the director or the warden, according to a former corrections officer.
The prison insider says that didn’t happen, and now others are being blamed for it.
“Those decisions come from him and how he lied on his report that he put out when he got investigated,” the insider said.
NDOC officials cannot comment on the case, telling us here at FOX5, it is a personnel matter.
NDOC did refer us to a separate step-by-step list of procedures the agency follows when employees are suspected of being impaired. That would be Administrative Regulation 349, which outlines the procedures to follow when an employee is suspected of being under the influence.
“The Shift Supervisor, Warden, Assistant Warden or Division Head shall determine the need for alcohol and/or drug testing of employees based on objective facts of an employee’s workplace performance behaviors. Should the employee insist on driving home, the employee shall be advised the Nevada Highway Patrol or other local law enforcement personnel will be notified.”
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