LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Neighbors expressed concern over the persistent jaywalking from pedestrians on Sunday, just three days after a 10-year-old was struck and killed along East Charleston Boulevard near Fremont Street.
Las Vegas police said on Thursday night, after the child’s death, that he was not inside a designated crosswalk at the time of the accident.
On Sunday, several people were spotted crossing the median from the nearby Siegel Suites to a shopping center along Charleston Boulevard. Locals said it’s common and becoming increasingly dangerous.
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“I always have to stop or yell at them when they do it,” said Idegsis Garrido, who’s been living in the area for two years. She said people of all ages, pedestrians, jaywalk. But she particularly notices families and children coming to and from nearby apartment complexes…