LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A 32-year-old man has died after a crash late April in east Las Vegas.
The man was a pedestrian hit at Flamingo and Mojave roads the night of Sunday, April 27. Las Vegas Metro Police said he died Saturday at Sunrise Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.
Police said the driver involved initially fled the scene but would later return and get booked for hit-and-run charges. He was identified as Luis Fuentes-Ramirez, 30 of Henderson.
Investigators at the crash site said the pedestrian tried to cross Flamingo Road near Mojave near or outside a marked crosswalk when he walked into Fuentes-Ramirez’s lane.
The collision threw the pedestrian to the east and on the roadway. Police said Fuentes-Ramirez initially stopped but would flee the scene.
Medical arrived took the pedestrian to Sunrise Hospital. Police said the driver later returned and was arrested for hit-and-run charges. He was found not impaired.
“His death marks the 67th traffic-related fatality in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction for 2025,” police said. “The collision remains under investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Collision Investigation Section.”
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