Published Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 | 12:55 p.m.
Updated Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 | 8:57 a.m.
Impaired behind the wheel, the driver of a late-model Tesla Model 3 sped through a red light at a northwest valley intersection Saturday morning, causing a crash that killed one person and injured several others, including pedestrians, Metro Police allege.
Police subsequently booked Gabriel Haas, 32, on five counts each of reckless driving and DUI, according to Clark County Detention Center logs.
The two-vehicle crash was reported at 9:45 a.m. at Cheyenne Avenue and Soft Breeze Drive, west of Buffalo Drive, police said. A third vehicle was struck by debris, police said.
A 62-year-old woman in a Honda compact SUV that took the brunt of the impact was killed, while its driver, a 70-year-old man, suffered life-threatening injuries, police said.
One of four pedestrians resting on a corner wall when the SUV veered into them was critically injured, police said. Two others sustained minor injuries, while the fourth was uninjured, police said.
Haas was treated for moderate injuries, police said. The driver of the van hit by debris escaped injury, police said.
An investigation determined the Tesla was heading east on Cheyenne at a “high rate of speed” when it failed to stop at a red light, ramming a 2018 Honda CR-V that was attempting to turn left onto Soft Breeze Drive, police said. The impact dislodged the Honda’s front-wheel assembly, engine and transmission, police said.
