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UPDATE: Driver identified in fatal 5-car pile-up

One dead in crash just east of Las Vegas Strip
One dead in crash just east of Las Vegas Strip
One dead in crash just east of Las Vegas Strip
One dead in crash just east of Las Vegas Strip
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UPDATE: The Clark County Coroner identified the BMW driver as 56-year-old Reynaldo Soto Molina.

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) -- One person has died, and several were injured in a multiple-vehicle crash just east of the Las Vegas Strip Friday night.

The crash was reported around 9:40 p.m. near Koval Lane and Tropicana Avenue.

Police said a BMW was speeding when it sideswiped a Kia Optima that was stopped at a red light. The BMW continued westbound into the intersection and struck a Ford Escape that was making a left turn. The force of the impact caused the Ford to rotate as it slid into a Nissan Juke, who was behind the Ford making the same turn. The Nissan was pushed backwards into a Toyota Camry.

The driver of the BMW was not wearing a seatbelt and died as a result of the crash. Four people from the other vehicles were transported to University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Tropicana Avenue was closed in both directions after the crash.

The collision remains under investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.