LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Community members and loved ones came together Sunday to remember a man who lost his life in a crash in southwest Las Vegas.
Eric Echevarria, 52, was killed in a collision on Fort Apache Road at Furnace Gulch Avenue, near Blue Diamond Road, on Dec. 30.
The group said Echevarria was a father, a grandfather, a son and a friend to many.
Police say Echevarria was driver his Hyundai when it was struck by a Dodge Challenger that was traveling at a high rate of speed.
The 52-year-old was transported to Sunrise Hospital and pronounced deceased.
Zaon Collins, 19, a star basketball player and UNLV recruit, was behind the wheel of the Challenger and arrested on DUI charges in the crash.
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13 Action News photojournalist Rudy Garcia covered Sunday’s vigil near the Mountain’s Edge community.
