Person critically injured in crash; DUI suspected

A multivehicle crash involving an impaired-driving suspect early Sunday left one person critically injured, Las Vegas police said.

At least four vehicles collided at 2:55 a.m. in the intersection of

West Charleston and South Decatur boulevards. Jose Castillo, a passenger riding in a gray Honda Accord, was hospitalized in critical condition. Six others were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Isaac Auten said.

The driver of the Honda, identified by police as 23-year-old Santiago Herrera-geraldo, is suspected of driving under the influence and will be charged accordingly, police said in a statement Sunday afternoon.

The crash happened when the Honda Accord struck the right side of a Toyota Tacoma, which was traveling north on Decatur, police said. The impact caused both vehicles to rotate, sending the Honda into a Volkswagen Jetta and the Toyota into the front of a Ford F-150 stopped in the left-turn lane on Decatur. Police said the Volkswagen also struck the Ford as it was coming to a stop.

The intersection was closed for more than eight hours Sunday. Auten said paint “was thrown everywhere” after impact. after 6:45 p.m. south of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said in an email. North Las Vegas police said the car involved in the shooting had been stolen from the area of Lake Mead Boulevard and North Fifth Street.

A commercial vehicle’s radiator was hit in the shooting near the bridge, but the driver was not injured, Arizona authorities said.

As a northbound Arizona trooper came up behind the stolen car on state Route 93, the vehicle turned around and headed south.

The vehicle ran over strips troopers deployed to stop it near Kingman, Arizona. It then crossed into the southbound lanes and hit a bus. A male and female inside the vehicle were arrested after trying to run away, police said. Authorities did not provide the suspects’ ages.

No one on the bus was injured in the crash.