Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023 | 4:59 p.m.
A Metro Police corrections officer was driving a pickup truck in West Las Vegas on Tuesday night when he struck and killed a pedestrian, officials say.
Michael Ernest Florio, 37, was traveling southbound on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Balzar Avenue about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, when he struck a pedestrian attempting to cross the street outside of a marked crosswalk.
The pedestrian, a 35-year-old North Las Vegas man, was transported to University Medical Center in critical condition and was eventually pronounced dead, police said.
Florio was identified as a Metro corrections officer, and Nevada State Police responded to assume the primary investigative responsibility for the crash.
The collision remains under investigation, police said.
