Vigil planned for woman killed in crash with Raiders’ Ruggs

A vigil is expected Friday nighttime astatine the intersection wherever a 23-year-old Las Vegas pistillate was killed Tuesday greeting aft a fiery clang involving then-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs.

Tina Tintor was driving location with her dog, Max, successful the backseat erstwhile her Toyota RAV4 was rear-ended by a speeding Chevrolet Corvette adjacent Rainbow Boulevard and Spring Valley Parkway.

Authorities person identified the Corvette’s operator arsenic Ruggs, 22.

According to a Las Vegas constabulary apprehension report, Ruggs was going 156 mph 2 seconds earlier the crash. His blood-alcohol level was doubly the ineligible bounds for Nevada drivers, prosecutors said.

Tintor’s SUV was struck with “such convulsive force” that it burst into flames, trapping her and Max wrong the SUV contempt rescue efforts by witnesses who had stopped to help, according to his apprehension report.

Ruggs faces 2 counts each of DUI and reckless driving — successful transportation with Tintor’s decease and with injuries his front-seat rider suffered successful the crash. In addition, Ruggs faces a misdemeanor complaint of possession of a firearm portion nether the influence.

Prosecutors person said determination was a loaded limb successful his Corvette astatine the clip of the crash.

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