Man hit, killed by vehicle in central Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man was hit and killed by a vehicle in an overnight crash in the central Las Vegas valley Saturday night.

Shortly before midnight on Saturday, Jan. 24, officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to a collision in the intersection of East Sahara Avenue and Santa Clara Drive, near Paradise Road.

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The collision involved a 2024 Kia and a pedestrian, a 67-year-old man. Police said evidence at the scene, witness statements, and a video showed that the Kia was driving east on East Sahara Avenue approaching Santa Clara Drive while the man was walking outside of a marked crosswalk across Sahara.

The collision occurred when the Kia hit the left side of the man, projecting him onto the roadway…

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