Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Coroner IDs man dead after crash into pole

A man pronounced dead Tuesday after the car he was driving hit a light pole and fence near West Lake Mead and North Martin Luther King boulevards has been identified as 70-year-old Ernest Harris Jr., according to the Clark County Coroner’s Office.

Harris, a Las Vegas resident, was driving a 2005 BMW 545i south on J Street, south of Doolittle Avenue, when the car crossed into the northbound lanes, Metro Police said.

The car hit a curb and went off the road, hitting a pole, an electrical box and a fence, police said.

Harris was pronounced dead at the scene. The Coroner’s Office has not yet released the cause and manner of death.

Police were investigating the possibility he suffered a medical episode prior to the crash, Officer Laura Meltzer said.

A female pedestrian was hit by debris from the crash and was transported to University Medical Center with minor injuries, Meltzer said.

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