LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A third person has died after a 12-car crash that officials believe was caused intentionally, prosecutors said Thursday.
Jose Gutierrez, 19, is accused of intentionally accelerating toward a line of cars stopped at a light at the intersection of Cheyenne Avenue and Jones Boulevard on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Gutierrez’s passenger, Adilene Duran Rincon, 20, was killed in the crash, along with another driver, Edward Garcia, 38.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the third victim as Vanessa Vasquez, 25. Prosecutors did not name Vasquez during Thursday’s hearing, but said she and her husband were severely injured in the crash, adding she was in a medically induced coma until Thursday morning…