A operator arrested successful a clang that killed a longtime peculiar acquisition teacher successful Clark County was speeding and whitethorn person been racing different operator astatine the time, according to police.
Zachary M. Zwick, 28, was arrested connected suspicion of reckless driving successful the May 22 clang that killed teacher Jeff Buchbaum, 55, of Las Vegas, connected Boulder Highway adjacent Russell Road. Buchbaum taught astatine aggregate schools successful Southern Nevada successful a vocation spanning much than 2 decades.
The Metropolitan Police Department said successful an apprehension study that Zwick was driving a 2025 Hyundai northbound connected Boulder Highway erstwhile his car slammed into Buchbaum’s 2024 Chrysler Pacifica. Buchbaum was attempting to crook near onto southbound Boulder Highway astatine the clip of the 11:33 a.m. crash.
Buchbaum was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center wherever helium died. His wife, Jennifer Boske, was a rider successful the van and was earnestly injured.
Zwick was besides treated for injuries astatine Sunrise. He told constabulary helium had near his occupation astatine a section car parts store anterior to the clang and helium did not retrieve what happened. Zwick did not amusement signs of impairment, constabulary said.
One witnesser told constabulary helium was driving successful the country of Boulder Highway and Galleria Drive soon earlier the clang erstwhile helium saw a motortruck velocity past him. The witnesser besides saw the Hyundai alert by astatine astir 80 mph, constabulary said. The witnesser told constabulary helium saw some vehicles tally a reddish airy astatine Boulder and Russell conscionable earlier the crash.
Another witnesser told constabulary helium saw the Hyundai and the motortruck traveling down Boulder Highway adjacent to 1 another.
“Both vehicles were traveling quickly, passing him,” constabulary said of the witnesser account. “He saw the Hyundai onslaught the Chrysler and ne'er saw the conveyance dilatory down oregon use its brakes.”
Police said the witnesser accounts, video and carnal grounds astatine the clang country led them to judge Zwick was speeding and was “possibly engaged successful a velocity contention with different vehicle.”
Zwick, constabulary said, received a citation for pursuing excessively intimately successful 2019. In January 2022 helium received a citation for “exhibition of power/speed” and having an unfastened instrumentality successful his vehicle, constabulary said. Later successful 2022, helium was besides cited for speeding 11 to 20 mph implicit the velocity limit, constabulary said.
Zwick has not been formally charged. He has been released from custody aft posting a $10,000 surety bond. Las Vegas Justice Court records bash not database an lawyer for him. His adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for June 23 for a presumption cheque connected the filing of a transgression complaint.
Contact Glenn Puit astatine gpuit@reviewjournal.com.
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