LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A 63-year-old man died almost two weeks after a hit-and-run crash early May in the Las Vegas Valley, police said.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department sent a media release Tuesday that they were notified that Robert Patrick T. of Las Vegas died Sunday. Police previously told FOX5 that Robert was homeless.
The crash happened around 1:56 a.m. near Charleston and the US 95 on Sunday. Police said that a 20-year-old driver with a passenger, both from Utah, drove north on S. Sandhill Road approaching Hawaii Avenue.
Police said Robert was sleeping inside a makeshift tent on a desert area on the east side of Sandhill Road intersecting with Hawaii.
LVMPD said the driver drove off-road right and crashed with the pedestrian. After the collision, the vehicle stopped inside a business just north of the crash where several uninvolved motorists contacted the driver and passenger who were telling them to wait for police.
After a discussion, police said both the driver and the pedestrian returned to their vehicle and fled the scene.
“The driver and his passenger abandoned the vehicle nearby and fled on foot in an unknown direction,” police said.
Medical transported the pedestrian to UMC where he has since been in critical condition until his death. Police said the driver was located and charged.
“The death marked the 69th traffic-related fatality in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction for 2024,” police said. “The collision remains under investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Collision Investigation Section.”
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