Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Police: Passenger suffers life-threatening injuries following crash involving two impaired drivers

A person suffered life-threatening injuries and a pair of drivers believed to be impaired were arrested after an early Saturday crash in the southeast valley, according to Metro Police.

Officers and medics were dispatched at 1:39 a.m. to East Tropicana Avenue and Sandhill Road, police said.

The injured passenger, a Las Vegas resident who was not wearing a seat belt, was rushed to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

Omar Arellano, 24, and Dennis Chavez, 22, were booked without bail at the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of DUI, according to police and jail logs. They have Tuesday court dates.

At the time of the crash, Arellano was heading eastbound in a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 when it struck a 2011 Ford Focus, which was in the intersection heading north, causing the car to lose control and strike a pole, police said.

The person transported to Sunrise Hospital with life-threatening injuries was a passenger in the Focus, according to police.

Both drivers, and a passenger in each vehicle suffered minor injuries, police said.