Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 | 8:35 p.m.
A man was killed and a woman suspected of drunken driving was critically injured in a single-car wreck this morning in the far east valley, according to Metro Police.
Also according to police:
Officers were called about 2:30 a.m. to Desert Inn and Theme roads.
Rosa Montoya-Valenzuela, 30, of Las Vegas, was speeding in a 2004 Pontiac GTO eastbound on Desert Inn. She lost control at the intersection with Theme, which caused the car to smash into a concrete barrier. It came to a stop about 300 feet away.
Her passenger, described as male, died at Sunrise Hospital, police said. Montoya-Valenzuela was flown to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
It was the 84th fatality Metro investigated this year and the third today. A man was killed and three people were injured about 5 a.m. near Owens Avenue and H Street, and 28-year-old motorcyclist died after crashing his bike into a garage about 1:30 p.m. near Mojave Road, north of Vegas Valley Drive, police said.
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