Suspected drunken driver hits, critically injures man

A man was critically injured Thanksgiving morning when a suspected drunken driver with a history of impaired driving crashed head-on into his vehicle, Las Vegas police said.

The crash was reported at 12:30 a.m. in the far south Las Vegas Valley. Traffic investigators have determined that a 2006 Scion, driven by 37-year-old Aleki Savea, was heading east on Pyle Avenue at the same time 39-year-old Xiaohong Li was driving his 2007 Toyota Corolla west on Pyle. Police said Savea attempted to pass a vehicle just west of Placid Street, changing lanes “directly into the path of the Toyota Corolla.”

Li and Savea were taken to University Medical Center, where Li was in critical condition while Savea had “serious” injuries. Savea was booked early Thursday into the Clark County Detention Center on one felony count of DUI resulting in substantial bodily harm, according to jail records. been shot on a trail near a wash in the 3200 block of South Mojave Road, near East Desert Inn Road, according to Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Laura Meltzer.

The man was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he died Thursday, Lt. Richard Meyers said.

On Tuesday, Meltzer said the victim had not been able to provide a description of the shooter. It was not clear Thursday whether arrests had been made.

Metro’s homicide team has taken over the investigation, Meyers said.