Five pedestrians hurt after crash; driver arrested

Two adults and three children were injured Saturday night when the pedestrians were struck by a vehicle that drove onto the sidewalk after the driver lost control of his car upon colliding with another car in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.

The driver of the car that struck the pedestrians fled the scene of the crash, which occurred about 7 p.m. at the intersection of Lake Mead and Jones boulevards, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jeff Goodwin said.

“The preliminary investigation reveals that a 2000 Honda Accord was eastbound on Lake Mead at the same time as a 2012 Nissan Altima was beginning a left turn northbound Jones to westbound Lake Mead,” police said. “The vehicle making the left turn, according to witnesses, was doing so on a green arrow signal. The eastbound Honda ran the red light, clipped the Nissan and began to slide sideways down the road about 300 feet where it left the roadway and went onto the sidewalk, where it struck five pedestrians.”

The driver of the vehicle was later found at the 6000 block of Bromley Avenue and was taken into custody without incident, police said in a news release.

The five injured pedestrians were taken to University Medical Center trauma center, where two children were listed in critical but stable condition, police said.

Earlier reports had indicated one person had died, but that report was inaccurate, police said later Saturday.

Police had no information Saturday night whether the driver of the car that struck the pedestrians was intoxicated or otherwise impaired.