Fire Department 911 calls of Henry Ruggs crash released

The Las Vegas Review-Journal has obtained astir 10 minutes of 911 audio recordings from the greeting of a fiery clang involving then-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs that left a young pistillate dead.

The records, released Tuesday day to the paper by Clark County officials, connection a glimpse into a country with evolving accusation arsenic archetypal responders headed to the Nov. 2 clang adjacent Rainbow Boulevard and Spring Valley Parkway. None of the released audio included calls from witnesses.

Las Vegas constabulary person denied an identical nationalist records petition from the Review-Journal for their 911 calls.

“Just privation to marque definite that you guys transcript that determination mightiness beryllium idiosyncratic inactive wrong the conveyance that’s connected fire,” a Clark County firefighter radioed in.

The idiosyncratic wrong the vehicle, identified arsenic Tina Tintor, was pronounced dormant astatine the country on with her dog, Max. The favored was successful the backmost spot of Tintor’s Toyota RAV4.

At 1 point, officials believed 2 radical mightiness person been dead, according to the recordings.

In a telephone to a Clark County occurrence chief, a dispatcher relayed the pursuing update: “They person 2 fatalities astatine Rainbow Boulevard and Spring Valley Parkway. It was a postulation accident. One conveyance caught fire.”

“Two 419s successful 1 vehicle,” the dispatcher continued, referring to the Las Vegas constabulary codification for “dead body.”

Prosecutors are expected to formally complaint Ruggs, 22, astatine a Wednesday greeting proceeding with astatine slightest 4 felonies and a misdemeanor.

According to Las Vegas tribunal records, the once-promising shot subordinate faces 2 felony counts each of DUI and reckless driving successful transportation with the decease of Tintor and the injuries his front-seat passenger, longtime woman Rudy Washington, suffered successful the crash.

Prosecutors besides mean to complaint Ruggs with possession of a firearm portion nether the influence, the records show. Authorities person said a loaded limb was recovered successful his Chevrolet Corvette Stingray aft the crash.

Ruggs faces up to 40 years down bars if convicted of the DUI counts.

He has been retired of custody — nether location apprehension successful his $1.1 cardinal location respective miles westbound of the Las Vegas Strip — since posting bail past Wednesday. Under the conditions of his release, tribunal records show, helium is prohibited from driving and consuming intoxicant oregon drugs and is required to acquisition intoxicant investigating 4 times a day.

Shortly aft the crash, the Raiders released Ruggs from the team.

According to the erstwhile wide receiver’s apprehension report, helium had been speeding up to 156 mph specified seconds earlier crashing into the backmost of Tintor’s Toyota RAV4. The interaction ignited the RAV4’s substance tank, and the SUV burst into flames.

Tintor, who was connected her mode location aft taking her canine connected a walk, was astir 2 miles from location erstwhile she was killed.

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