LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A 42-year-old woman died Saturday in a single-vehicle rollover crash that also left a juvenile passenger with injuries local police described as "substantial."
This happened at approximately 7:23 p.m. on Hollywood Boulevard, south of Desert Inn Road.
Police say the woman was behind the wheel of a 2019 Kia Sportage and traveling "at a high rate of speed" as the car approached "a sweeping left-hand turn."
"The driver of the Kia failed to negotiate the turn and exited the roadway where it struck several K-barriers," according to a statement from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The Kia is said to have overturned several times before coming to rest in a desert area southeast of those barriers.
Medical first responders determined the driver was beyond resuscitation, police said, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 46-year-old male passenger was taken to Sunrise Hospital with minor injuries, while the injured juvenile was taken to University Medical Center's Pediatric Unit.
The driver's death was the 14th traffic-related fatality in LVMPD's jurisdiction this year.
Police said the collision remains under investigation by the department's Collision Investigation Section.