LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Police are investigating a deadly crash in west Las Vegas Wednesday afternoon.
Officials with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said they responded to Flamingo Road and Rainbow Boulevard just before 2 p.m. Police said it involved a 56-year-old woman and a driver of a dump truck.
Police said the driver of the truck drove westbound on Flamingo, approaching Rainbow to turn right on a red light. At the same moment, the woman stood in the northeast corner of the intersection.
Police said a crash happened when westbound traffic got a green light, and the pedestrian signal changed to “Walk.” The driver of the dump truck turned right as the pedestrian started to cross. The right side of the dump truck hit the pedestrian…