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'Turkey crossing' helps LVMPD make area roads safer

Posted at 5:16 PM, Nov 24, 2020
and last updated 2020-11-24 20:16:02-05

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers are trying to make the streets a little safer this Thanksgiving and they're using a turkey to do it.

Officers are highlighting one of the most dangerous streets for pedestrians in the valley by having a person in a turkey suit walk across it.

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Police say if you can't see a turkey crossing Flamingo Road near Mojave what are the chances that you can see a pedestrian?

Officers gave 123 citations and one impaired driver was taken off the road.