Crosswalk on boulder highway. But didnt make it to the other side in time. Im christine maddela. Im john huck. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg went to the site of the crash today. And recreated the walk. Cyndi what did you find out. In december the Nevada Department of transportatin told me they were going to be making major changes to boulder highway for this reason. Those changes are behind schedule. Its the deadliest stretch of roadway in the valley. Nats last year on boulder highway. 12 pedestrians. 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars died. Wednesday night. A similiar story. A man walking across the road just after 11. Was hit and killed. I spoke to the nevada Highway Patrol in december about for a number of years thats tony illia with ndot. And he went on to tell me ndot wwould be making changes. Including. Installing lights to crosswalks so drivers know where people are at night. Ndot said the project would take six to eight months to complete. And eight months later its not completed. Nats
A pedestrian is hit by a vehicle. Im christine maddela. Im john huck. So. In the last 24 hours. At least 2 people have been hit and killed while walking on our roads. And now. A third crash is under investigation. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg is live on eastern between sahara and st louis with new informaiton on tonights crash. Captioning will resume shortly in december the Nevada Department of transportatin told me they were going to be making major changes to boulder highway for this reason. Those changes are behind schedule. Captioning will in december the valley. Nats boulder highway. 12 pedestrians. 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars died. Wednesday night. A similiar story. A man walking across the road just after 11. Was hit and killed. I spoke to the nevada Highway Patrol in december about these problems. Weve had boulder hwy on our sights for a number of years thats tony illia with ndot. And he went on to tell me ndot wwould be making changes. Including. Installing lights to crosswalks
With a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Another deadly another deadly temperatures will begin to soar the next few days as High Pressure builds over las vegas. Fridays high of 105 is the coolest temp in the stays there monday. Next week, a trough slides south along the coast gradually helping to ease the hot temperatures and will try to push monsoonal moisture into our area. The uv index for friday is 10 or very high. Another deadly day on valley roads. Three pedestrians lost their lives in less than 24 hours. The latest happened inside a marked crosswalk on eastern near saint louis. This specific crosswalk requires the pedestrian to push it to get to the cut out in the median, then push the signal again for the other side of the road. None of those were working was crossing the road. Metro says a woman failed to activate the crosswalk signal before crossing the street. The woman was hit by a car and rushed to Sunrise Hospital where she later died. Police say the driver wh
Just after 11. Was hit and killed. I spoke to the nevada Highway Patrol in december about these problems. Weve had boulder hwy on our sights for a number of years thats tony illia with ndot. And he went on to tell me ndot wwould be making changes. Including. Installing lights to crosswalks so drivers know where people are at night. Ndot said the project would take six to eight months to complete. And eight months later its not completed. Nats metro police say the man killed wednesday was walking in a crosswalk. But against a dont walk sign. Erin breen is the director of the vulnerable road users project at unlv. And thinks the 60 year old might of ran out of time getting across. So we wanted to try it. Its funny because we are so used to cars doing that we finished the walk. With no time to spare. So here we are in our 30 seconds boom right to the other side could we have walked faster yes but we are very able bodied pedestrians here get 30 seconds to the middle if they run out of time