NORTH LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — One person is dead after a Monday morning wreck in the northeast corner of the valley.
Details are limited, but Channel 13 has learned that police responded to a vehicle hitting a pedestrian around 5:40 a.m. near the intersection of Pecos and Kier roads, between Gowan and Alexander.
Police said a 2018 Nissan Sentra was heading north on Pecos Road, north of Kier, when a pedestrian was crossing Pecos outside of a marked crosswalk, according to evidence and dash camera video.
The front of the Nissan hit the pedestrian, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Nissan driver stayed at the scene and did not show any signs of impairment.
The pedestrian's death marks the 146th traffic-related fatality in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's jurisdiction for 2024.
