LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A female passenger died and a male driver was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Henderson on Sunday, police say.
The Henderson Police Department and Henderson Fire Department responded to calls about a crash on Horizon Ridge Parkway and Shaded Canyon Drive at about 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 8.
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A preliminary investigation found the driver of a Honda Prelude was traveling east on Horizon Ridge Parkway near Gibson Road before the crash.
A witness first reported seeing the vehicle traveling at a slow rate of speed, then at a high rate of speed before it hit a light pole near Shaded Canyon Drive.
Officers found two occupants inside the vehicle. The female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver was extricated from the vehicle and taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Both speed and impairment are suspected to be factors in the crash.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office will release the name of the passenger after next of kin are notified.
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