LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Over the span of just a few minutes on Tuesday morning, two pedestrians were hit by cars on Washington Avenue, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirms.
In one incident, a driver hit and critically injured a person pushing a shopping cart near Washington Avenue and Main Street.
Video shared with KTNV shows what happened as the speeding car approached the pedestrian from behind.
WATCH: Video shows driver speed toward pedestrian on Washington Avenue
Police say the driver fled the scene, but was found a short time later.
"Officers forcibly stopped the vehicle in the 300 block of Stanford Street and took the driver into custody," police said.
Within a few minutes of those incidents, another pedestrian was hit by a car approximately 7 miles east of the first incident.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the crash scene on Washington Avenue near Mt. Hood Street, police said.
In that case, the driver of the vehicle was taken into custody.
"This is an ongoing investigation," Metro officials said.
Both incidents come on a morning were two pedestrians had already been killed by cars — on in the area of Rainbow Boulevard and Palmyra Avenue; the other near Flamingo Road and Arville Street.
Editor's note: A previous version of this report stated three pedestrians were hit by cars on Washington Avenue, based on information that proved to be incorrect. KTNV regrets the error.
