Infant, man critically injured in Saturday night crash

An babe and big were critically injured successful a clang Saturday nighttime successful the East Las Vegas Valley.

The collision occurred astatine 8:04 p.m. astatine Boulder Highway, northbound of East Twain Avenue, constabulary said Sunday. An probe revealed that 2 pedestrians, 1 pushing a stroller with an babe inside, were crossing Boulder Highway wrong a marked crosswalk.

The operator of a Kia Optima “failed to halt for the pedestrians” and collided with the stroller and a man. The babe was ejected into the roadway. The man, identified arsenic 19-year-old Jawuan Richardson, was past deed by different conveyance portion lying connected the road. The different pedestrian, a 20-year-old woman, was not injured.

The infant, a 1-year-old boy, was taken to University Medical Center successful captious condition. Richardson, of Las Vegas, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical center, besides successful captious condition.

Impairment is not suspected, constabulary said.

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