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Police: California driver speeding back to wedding chapel when stopped

David Wilson — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:05:09 +0000

Mark Arreola, 41, who police say drove 91 mph in a 35 mph zone, faces a reckless driving charge.

‘Largest break possible’: Body cam shows driver was ticketed hours before fatal crash near Summerlin

David Wilson — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 01:38:07 +0000

Fahid Amin, 35, has been charged with DUI and reckless driving in connection to a fatal crash east of Summerlin on Nov. 12.

‘It’s not like any other crime’: Hit-and-run crashes rising in Las Vegas Valley

David Wilson — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 14:06:33 +0000

“This isn’t one that we don’t know what the fix is,” Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft said. “We know that when people drive a little bit slower, less people die.”

Ticketed drivers continue to get breaks in court despite law change

Michael Scott Davidson — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:01:06 +0000

Safety experts hoped decriminalizing traffic offenses would lead to fewer speeding tickets being reduced to parking violations, but that doesn’t appear to have happened.

2022 now one of the deadliest years ever on Nevada roads

Mick Akers — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:14:27 +0000

Updated traffic fatality numbers for 2022 in Nevada have now made last year one of the deadliest ever on roads in the state.

Police: Man sped 105 mph on 215 to ‘beat the rain’

David Wilson — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 22:33:29 +0000

Jason Brewis, 39, faces a charge of reckless driving.

Doughnuts, burnouts will result in shredded tires at this Las Vegas intersection

Brett Clarkson — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:06:51 +0000

It’s the latest effort to rid Southern Nevada streets of would-be stunt drivers and their so-called street takeovers, police say.

2022 one of deadliest on Nevada roads in decades

Mick Akers — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:36:44 +0000

Impairment and speeding are the largest contributing factors to deadly crashes in the state, a NDOT official said.

Unreliable pedestrian crash tracking near schools leaves parents, officials in the dark

Michael Scott Davidson and Teghan Simonton | — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:41:27 +0000

More than 340 children were injured by crashes within a quarter-mile of Clark County school campuses, during hours immediately before and after classes, state data shows. CCSD numbers are much lower. Here’s why.

RJ findings prompt Nevada to review traffic ticket reductions

Michael Scott Davidson — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:26:06 +0000

A Review-Journal investigation showed over 200,000 tickets were pleaded down to parking violations between 2017 and 2021, a policy that concerns state safety officials.

Stopped for a suspected DUI? You could face an immediate blood draw

Michael Scott Davidson — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:56:29 +0000

Starting in October, medical professionals will patrol with the Metropolitan Police Department seven nights a week to collect blood samples at traffic stops to combat DUI.

Long hours, carnage: Inside a traffic investigator’s calling to help save lives

Briana Erickson — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 03:24:24 +0000

A rise in fatal crashes has made North Las Vegas officials keenly aware they are falling behind. Andy Navarro works long shifts in a department strained because there are not enough officers.

DA calls for state investigation of deputies who failed to stop DUI driver

Arthur Kane — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:21:13 +0000

The Nye County district attorney has asked the state to investigate whether sheriff’s deputies should face criminal charges and whether the department withheld key evidence.

Driver who caused horrific triple-fatal DUI crash draws long prison term

Arthur Kane and Rachel Aston — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 22:05:35 +0000

Tyler Kennedy was sentenced Tuesday for up to 20 years for each of three counts of DUI causing death in a Nye County crash involving an Idaho family. Kennedy admitted to drug use.

Thousands of ticketed drivers get breaks in Las Vegas courts, sometimes with fatal results

Michael Scott Davidson — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 12:41:14 +0000

Hundreds of thousands of traffic tickets — even those for serious offenses — are reduced to parking violations, a Review-Journal investigation found. And with a siloed court system, bad drivers face little punishment.

2023 could bring better tracking, accountability for risky drivers

Michael Scott Davidson — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 12:36:04 +0000

Switching traffic tickets to civil infractions will result in far fewer being reduced to parking violations, some officials say.

How does Nevada compare to other states in tracking driver records?

Michael Scott Davidson — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 12:35:04 +0000

Nevada courts operate in information silos, making it difficult for police and judges to know a person’s complete driving history. An improved system is planned for 2023.

Driver in triple-fatal DUI admitted drug use before deputy let him leave

Arthur Kane — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 14:00:16 +0000

In new bodycam audio, Tyler Kennedy tells a Nye County deputy he had to use opioids to avoid withdrawal. He was released to drive and caused a fatal crash an hour later.

Vegas Valley heading in wrong direction in fatal crash count

Mick Akers — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:03:15 +0000

Fatal crashes in the Las Vegas Valley are increasing as the statewide average is declining.

An impaired driver, officers who chose not to stop him — and a family forever changed

Arthur Kane — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 07:01:27 +0000

Three members of a family died in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 95 with a driver under the influence. Bodycam video shows Nye County deputies had questioned the driver who caused the crash but didn’t arrest him, a Review-Journal investigation found.

Report: Driver in crash that killed 9 had drugs, alcohol in system

Sabrina Schnur — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 20:53:34 +0000

An autopsy report shows that Gary Robinson — the driver in a North Las Vegas crash that killed him and eight other people — had cocaine, alcohol and PCP in his system.

New video shows moments before deadliest crash in Nevada records

Sabrina Schnur and Glenn Puit — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:28:03 +0000

Police released about one minute of video Thursday that shows a car whizzing by southbound vehicles and smashing into several vehicles crossing on Cheyenne Avenue.

Horrific NLV crash reveals gaps, flaws in driving enforcement

Michael Scott Davidson and Glenn Puit — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 02:06:35 +0000

His spotless DMV history didn’t reflect his alarming driving habits — police had caught Gary Dean Robinson speeding at least five times since August 2020, ranging from 19 to 40 mph over the limit.

Tanaga Miller was looking for a ride. He ended up dying in the state’s deadliest crash.

Briana Erickson — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:57:38 +0000

Tanaga Miller died in the passenger seat of Gary Dean Robinson’s car after Robinson sped through a red light at 100 mph. Miller had left a family gathering just before the crash.

911 callers describe horrific scene of crash that left 9 dead

David Wilson — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:38:39 +0000

North Las Vegas police released 911 calls and radio traffic from horrific crash that killed nine.

Bodycam video shows driver being stopped weeks before crash that killed 9

Glenn Puit — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:03:13 +0000

Las Vegas police body camera video shows a motorist being pulled over and cited for speeding a month before causing a crash that killed nine people, including himself.

Mother of crash victims says community support will ‘help us bear with this’

Ricardo Torres-Cortez and David Wilson — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 02:38:31 +0000

The North Las Vegas mother who lost seven relatives in Saturday’s North Las Vegas “mass casualty” crash said she does not know if she will be able to withstand saying her final goodbyes to all her children and a brother later this month.

Nevada ticketed thousands of drivers for going 100 mph or more last year

Michael Scott Davidson — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:26:19 +0000

One law enforcement official says the numbers would be much higher - maybe thousands more - if staffing within the Nevada Highway Patrol wasn’t at “critically low levels.

‘Our world has ended’: Parents lost entire family in Nevada’s deadliest crash

Ricardo Torres-Cortez — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:07:22 +0000

The six-vehicle crash that left nine dead in North Las Vegas took “everything” from Erlinda Zacarias and her husband, Jesus Mejia-Santana, who lost four biological children.

Man pleaded guilty to speeding 9 days before crash that killed 9

Glenn Puit and Mick Akers — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:38:51 +0000

The motorist who caused a North Las Vegas crash that killed nine people, including himself, pleaded guilty to speeding nine days earlier.