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
Outside the Regional Justice Center to show us what happened inside the courtroom. The family of kadar brown says he had thousands of friends. Today in court his mother wore a shirt with her sons face. His sister wore her brothers favorite shirt. Bunny roman, victims sister, and ever since hes been gone, im lost. Im cold. Even though bunny roman while talking about her brother kadar brown. She still made a point to stare at the man resposible for killing him. In march 2014 gary adair hit brown while brown was changing a tire on he 95 near summerlin. Adair told police he had been using heroine and prescription drugs. Nats he admitted to being a daily user of heroine in Court Tuesday morning. Adair found out his fate. The state has asked for this court to impose 410 years in the nevada doc before the sentence was statement. Saying since the crash. Hes worked to improve his life. And has remained sober. I pray for his familys forgiveness. Three of browns family members plead with the judg
A road worker found the victim and called 911. Police tested the driver for dui when he returned, and say he passed field sobriety tests. Police have not said if they have arrested the truck driver. And another pedestrian was killed just after 11 last night, on boulder highway and nellis. Metro says the 60yearold man was walking in a crosswalk. But against a dont walk sign. A ford focus hit the pedestrian, and he died at the scene. Metro says the driver stayed at the scene, and they do not believe that person was impaired. A scary situation landscaper in a las vegas neighborhood this morning. When he got stuck in the fronds of a palm tree. Fox5s Abby Theodros was there earlier today and shows us how the man was rescued. Nats bucket beep a man stuck in a tree. Holly woodward, neighbor he was not making any sounds or anything. Buried in up to a thousand pounds of tree fronds. Holly woodward, neighbor we didnt even see him until they cut away the palm fronds. They had to go in with the bu
Captioning will resume shortly. Captioning will resume shortly. Captioning will resume shortly. That was the second serious crash along this the driver of this Station Wagon was injured when they rolled over on the northbound lanes near valley view. This crash happened around one this afternoon. A hitandrun driver says he left the scene of a deadly crash because he was afraid. Thats according to metro police. The crash happened around 530 am near sahara and eastern. Police say the driver of a red pickup truck hit a pedestrian that was in or near the crosswalk. Then took off. A road worker picking up cones found the pedestrians body. Then called 911. Police say the driver returned to the scene an hour later. I understand people scared probably really shocking even to driver of car but right thing to do is immediately pull attempt to render aid and notify Law Enforcement call 911. Who knows if individual may have survived this collision having pulled over and immediately call services. I
Who was at fault. She just ran up to me and it was the best feeling ever. Every dog has its day. Including nala. The golden retriever was separated from her owners after a crash on the 15 last week when she took off into the desert. But today. She jumped in a car near whiskey petes in primm. And a short time later she was back with her family. I was very excited to tell him so he could find out, i wanted. Well show you about another 13action news live at 6. Tonight. The son of las vegas city mayor pro tem. Steve ross remains. Behind bars 13 action news has received the arrest report. Detailing some of shane ross alleged crimes. Police say. It was nearly. A 2 week crime spree hes accused of at least. 10 robberies. In the southwest. Ross was taken into custody. Last week. Police are after 3 suspects who robertos. It happened around 1am at the restaurant near rainbow and charleston. Investigators believe this latest holdup may be connected to other robberies at robertos locations earlier