Las Vegas Sun

April 18, 2024

Downtown crash sends man, 85, to hospital in critical condition

An 85-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries in a downtown car crash this morning, according to Metro Police.

Officers were called about 11:45 a.m. to the Bonneville Avenue and 10th Street intersection, police said.

A 2016 Hyundai Sonata carrying two Illinois residents was southbound on 10th after a two-way stop sign when it was struck by a 2012 Hyundai Veloster the 85-year-old man was driving, police said.

The man was taken to University Medical Center in critical condition and a man and woman in the Sonata, who suffered minor injuries, declined medical treatment.

The wreck remains under investigation, police said.

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