A Metro Police officer takes measurements at the scene of a fatal accident on Washington Avenue near Decatur Boulevard Tuesday, July 9, 2019.
Published Tuesday, July 9, 2019 | 7:25 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, July 10, 2019 | 12:24 p.m.
A motorist was killed and her four young passengers and a pedestrian were hospitalized Tuesday morning after a car crash on a central valley roadway, according to Metro Police.
The children — ages 2, 4, 9 and 10 — suffered serious injuries and remained under observation at University Medical Center, where the 56-year-old Las Vegas woman died, police said. None of the occupants were wearing seat belts, police said.
The crash was reported about 10:30 a.m. on Washington Avenue, east of Decatur Boulevard, police said.
A 2007 Toyota Camry was going west at a high rate of speed when it veered off the road and began to pummel cones and barricades, ending up in a construction zone, where it hit a work pickup truck, police said.
One of the truck's tires detached and hit a pedestrian on a sidewalk, police said. He was treated and released from UMC.
But the car kept heading west, rotating along the way, and then flew onto a large pile of gravel, police said. The Camry ultimately struck a heavy equipment machine.
The cause of the crash remained under investigation, police said.
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correctly reflect the nature of the injuries suffered by the children. | (July 10, 2019)
