On Thursday, February 4, a Renton man pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide.

Alan Meadows, aged 35, was accused of hitting and killing a man with his vehicle when the man was crossing Houser Way North near Liberty Park on January 17.

The victim was 42 year old Ley-Eric D. Sanford, of Las Vegas who died of blunt force injury to his head and body. He was crossing Houser Way outside of a marked crosswalk when Meadows who was driving his 2007 Chevrolet Silverado northbound on the road, knocked him down.

According to court documents, Meadows had been celebrating in a local tavern with a friend, who was in the passenger seat when the incident happened. Meadows was arrested at the scene and posted $100,000 bail some three days later.

The court documents also said that Meadows did not brake or take any measures to try and avoid hitting the victim just north of the Cedar River Bridge.

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Early on Monday morning, November 30, two University of Nevada, Reno students died in a crash.

According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, the accident happened at around 12.30 a.m. on a two lane highway about 7 miles outside of Tonopah. A Ford pickup truck being driven by 19 year old Roman Suslov from Las Vegas was driving west and then drifted over the center lane into oncoming traffic. Suslov then over corrected and the truck flipped and landed about 100 feet off the roadway.

Both Suslov and his passenger, 19 year old Mateo Silva-Medina also of Las Vegas, were killed in the crash.

They were both wearing seat belts and at this time it is not known whether impairment was involved.

The investigation is ongoing and any witnesses have been asked to come forward.

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On Thursday, October 1, a driver accused of vehicular manslaughter of two small children pleaded not guilty.

According to Reno Police, 66 year old Sheldon Berg was released pending the next court date but is not allowed to drive until his trial.

The incident happened in June this year when Berg was driving a Subaru west on Brentwood Avenue in south Reno and failed to stop at an intersection. He then crashed into a home on Princess Avenue, near Vassar Street which was occupied by a mother, her two year old son, four year old daughter and her teenage niece. The two youngest children were killed.

During the police investigation, Berg had been in another crash in January 2013 where he suffered some sort of medical incident and it is possible the same thing happened this time, However, his license has been suspended six times since 2002, three times he surrendered it voluntarily and on another two occasions he refused to comply with restrictions and it was suspended, He also once refused to have a medical examination so it was suspended. After each suspension he did take the correct steps to have it reinstated. At present it appears that he has to have a yearly check up by a doctor to clear him to drive.

According to police neither alcohol nor drugs were involved in the accident, nor did Berg know the family involved.

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On Friday night, September 11, a person was killed in a traffic accident close to the Las Vegas Convention Center.

According to Las Vegas Metro police, the accident happened shortly before 10 p.m. when a red 2011 Lincoln Navigator going east in the westbound lanes along Convention Center drive crossed the intersection with Paradise Road and smashed into a pillar at the entrance to the Convention Center.

The three people in the SUV were transported to Sunrise Hospital. The driver, who was 21 year old Randy Fores and the front seat passenger, a 21 year old woman suffered serious injuries and the rear seat passenger, a 58 year old man was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The police were told that there had been some sort of road rage incident involving Flores just before the accident and they are currently investigating.

This was the 72nd traffic-related fatality in Metro’s jurisdiction this year.

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On Sunday afternoon, August 9 an elderly gentleman from Ambridge was killed and his wife critically injured in a collision.

According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, the accident happened shortly after 1 p.m. on the Interstate 15 near the Arizona Nevada line, about 70 miles north east of Las Vegas.

A 2005 Jaguar sedan, being driven by a 75 year old woman from Ambridge veered across the dirt median into the southbound lanes of the freeway and directly into the path of a tractor trailer. The semi then burst into flames.

A passenger in the Jaguar, 77 year old Harry Molchen, thought to be the husband of the driver, was killed and pronounced dead at the scene. His wife was critically injured and taken to hospital where she is expected to survive.

The driver of the tractor trailer, who was a 46 year old male, was uninjured in the collision.

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On Sunday, July 12, two people were killed in a North Las Vegas crash.

According to the Nevada Highway patrol the accident happened shortly before 9 p.m. A 26 year old man from North Las Vegas was driving a 2007 Toyota pickup south of Lamb Boulevard near Interstate 15, when he ran a red light at an intersection. According to witnesses he was travelling at around 100 m.p.h.

The pickup then smashed into a 2009 Honda pick up and a 2009 Ford Fusion, which then hit a 2002 Chevy Tahoe, and that car also hit the Honda. In addition a 2000 Ford Expedition was hit by debris.

The Toyota, which caused the crash ended up on the shoulder near the northbound Interstate 15 off ramp, and the driver, who was critically injured, was taken to University Medical Center.

The driver of the Honda was John Kirk Rodda, aged 52 and he died at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma. The driver of the Fusion, 34 year old Elmer Hightower Jr. also died at the scene.

In the Tahoe were a 22 year old woman and a 5 year old girl and they were both taken to UMC with serious injuries.

It is expected that the Toyota driver will be charged with disregarding a traffic signal and speeding, and depending on toxicology he may be charged with driving under the influence.

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On Saturday, June 9 a woman died on Interstate 15 due to a failed tire.

According to Nevada Highway Patrol, 18 year old Clara Jackson was driving south of Interstate 15 in a white 1999 Ford Ranger. She was south of mile marker 120 and the right rear tire on the truck failed. The truck then began to veer to the left and Jackson overcorrected to the right. The truck then began to spin and ran off the road in a desert area and rolled onto its right side, Jackson was not wearing a seat belt and she was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.

The Highway Patrol went on to say that also in the car with her was a 19 year old male passenger who received minor injuries and he was taken to Mesa View Hospital.

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On Sunday, May 17, a rollover crash in southern Nevada killed three people and injured a fourth.

According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, the accident happened at around 1.40 p.m. on State Route 163 near Laughlin. Only one vehicle was involved, a 2000 GMC Safari which was travelling eastbound. The left rear tire failed and the 85 year old driver over corrected and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle then spun and went into the desert area to the south of the road.

The only person who survived the accident was the driver, and he was taken to the University Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment of minor injuries.

Nevada Highway Patrol said that the three passengers were all pronounced dead at the scene. One was 82 year old Raymond Guzman of Los Angeles and the other two were female. On was 84 and the other was 77. Their names have not yet been released.

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