On Monday morning, a crash between an SUV and a semi-truck east of the intersection of Washington Avenue and Decatur Boulevard resulted in the death of the SUV driver and the semi-truck driver’s arrest of DUI-related charges, according to Las Vegas Metro Police (LVMPD).
It marked the 115th traffic fatality in Metro’s jurisdiction this year, and now, from an online fundraiser, we’re learning the man who was killed just lost his wife a few weeks earlier, leaving their teenage son without parents — a tragic reminder that anyone who dies on our valley roadways is much more than a statistic.
Man killed in Monday morning crash near Washington and Decatur identified by friends in online fundraiser
According to a GoFundMe created by friends, Peter Sampson was 34 years old, a mental healthcare worker and a father, who was killed in the deadly crash, which happened just after 10:30 a.m. Monday morning.
The fundraiser was organized by Sampson’s coworker, Nicholas Krim, who remembered him as “the kind of person who showed up every day to help people through tough times, he even took on extra hours at work so his son could have the chance at a better future.”…