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Las Vegas breaking news for Dec. 7, 2018

By: KTNV Staff

Posted at 11:39 AM, Dec 07, 2018

and last updated 2018-12-07 19:14:42-05

This is a roundup of all the breaking news from around the Las Vegas valley for December 7, 2018.

1 P.M.

A driver of a Toyota Prius may have a medical episode prior to a crash around 7:20 a.m. near Burnham Avenue and Charleston Boulevard. Police said the vehicle hit a wall on Charleston Boulevard. A nurse who called the crash into police gave CPR to the victim until medical personnel arrived. The 73-year-old driver was transported to University Medical Center where he died.

11:27 A.M.

Las Vegas police confirmed a crash around 5:46 a.m. near Durango Drive and Oakey Boulevard is fatal. A 25-year-old man was transported to University Medical Center where he died of his injuries. Police said the man was driving a Dodge Charger southbound on Durango when the vehicle started going into the northbound lanes when it was hit by a Chevrolet Express van. The driver of the Chevrolet remained on scene and did not show signs of impairment.

UDPATE: A sad update to a crash we first told you about on #GMLV. Metro says a male victim was transported to UMC where he later died. NB & SB lanes of Durango are shut down from Charleston to Oakey. Avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/C18OripUwn
— Nina Porciuncula (@NinaReports) December 7, 2018