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UPDATE: Coroner identifies man hit twice by cars

Posted at 9:54 AM, Nov 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-11-27 18:57:12-05

UPDATE NOV. 27: The coroner has identified the man who was hit by more than one vehicle near East Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard as 60-year-old Clark Walter. Cause of death was multiple injuries.

ORIGINAL STORY

At 8:40 p.m. on November 23, a pedestrian was hit by several vehicles on  East Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Evidence at the scene and witness statements say the 60-year-old pedestrian entered the road against the red pedestrian crossing signal. The man was crossing outside of the marked crosswalk when a dark-colored pickup truck hit him. The man was run over for a second time by a white station wagon.

The male pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Neither the dark truck or the white station wagon remained on the scene of the collision.