A 27-year-old antheral suffered life-threatening injuries aft becoming trapped betwixt 2 vehicles successful a clang successful downtown Las Vegas connected Tuesday night, according to police.
The Metropolitan Police Department said successful a quality merchandise that the clang occurred astatine 10:33 p.m. connected East Charleston Boulevard, eastbound of South Main Street.
Evidence astatine the scene, video surveillance and witnesser statements bespeak that a 2023 Chevrolet Suburban was stopped westbound astatine a reddish airy astatine East Charleston Boulevard and South Main Street. A 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS was besides stopped down the Chevrolet.
Police said a pedestrian, identified arsenic a 27-year-old Winter Park, Florida, man, was crossing eastbound of the intersection, extracurricular a marked oregon implied crosswalk, betwixt the Chevrolet and the Mercedes-Benz.
For an chartless reason, the Mercedes-Benz accelerated forward, constabulary said, striking the pedestrian and trapping him betwixt the Mercedes-Benz and the Chevrolet.
The antheral was taken to UMC Trauma, wherever aesculapian unit determined his injuries were life-threatening.
The operator of the Mercedes-Benz remained astatine the country and showed nary signs of impairment, constabulary said.
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