Near nellis. Against a dont walk signal. The man died at the scene. And then early this morning a man in his fifties was killed when crossing sahara near burnham avenue. He also died on the scene. The driver in that case fled. Before returning an hour later and now faces a felony hitandrun charge. Mauricio Marin metro expects to have this corner of sahara and eastern blocked off for several hours. The coroner will release the name of the victim once family is notified. Reporting live Mauricio Marin 8 news now. The peak time to watch the Perseid Meteor Shower is almost upon us. Christianne Klein no special equipment is required to enjoy the show. Which will be most active between midnight and 5 am. Dave Courvoisier you could see up to 200 meteors an hour. Which is about double the normal rate. Lets start with katie boer in for tedd tonight. katie boer another nice but cooler day across the valley. We did briefly climb to 102 but that very brief with most of our afternoon spent in the up
House is outstandingand police want to talk with him. They arent calling him a suspect at this time. Neighbors say a father and his adult son live at the house along with another relative. This case has friends of cynthia Wendy Fernandez worried. They say they just got word that she is the victim in this case. lizeth cuevas looking for Cynthia Wendy Perez her mom called me at five in the morning asking if i knew anything. Ever since then ive been calling and calling and calling trying to figure out where she is at. im praying to god its not here but i just need to make sure its Mauricio Marin when we spoke with cuevas. She was on her way to talk with authorities. Since then she said they have identified the vctim as perez. However at this timethe Coroners Office has not officially released the name of the female victim to us. Mauricio Marin we tried multiple times talking with folks inside the house but they refused. Police say if you have any information about this case call them or c
Make it. Sgt. Richard strader 23;17;54 as a driver on the roadway, even though youre doing what youre supposed to do, Pay Attention even more. When youre coming up into a residential area, a parks here this park has been here since ive lived here and you know its congested, you know people cross the roads here, theres residents on both sides on eastern as you approach charleston. Michelle Mortensen the driver stayed ath the scene. And cooperated with police this is the third fatal crash in the past two days brian loftus if you remember yesterday morning two people were hit and killed near sahara and eastern on burham avenue. A construction worker who was at the intersection found a man dead and called police. The driver who hit him eventually returned to the scene an hour later. And told police he left because he was scared. brian loftus and hours before that. Another man was killed while crossing the street and boulder the street against the signal. They say it appears the driver was
Kate, how are you feeling. Are you sweating yet. It took two seconds for me to have a slow drip, it is very, very uncomfortable to say the least. Wait until you see these feels like values. So baking in the unshine right now, high friend, there is nothing to track on storm scan but give it sometime much like we had yesterday you may find a few bubbles that fire up out there of localized showers, maybe thunderstorms as the day progresses. So expect that, meanwhile, our excessive heat you have mentioned a warning in place for parts of the the area and excessive heat watch that takes effect tomorrow. All of those spots shaded in that burnt maroon, you will this be a heat advisory, rest of the day. Tomorrow the watch takes effect. Regardless we are stuck with this. Core of this heat is notable up and down i95 and flanging counties. Look at this it already feels like, well, through go magically right before your very eyes, we see observations update. Almost everyone, feels like it is in the
Crosswalk on boulder highway. But didnt make it to the other side in time. Im christine maddela. Im john huck. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg went to the site of the crash today. And recreated the walk. Cyndi what did you find out. In december the Nevada Department of transportatin told me they were going to be making major changes to boulder highway for this reason. Those changes are behind schedule. Its the deadliest stretch of roadway in the valley. Nats last year on boulder highway. 12 pedestrians. 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars died. Wednesday night. A similiar story. A man walking across the road just after 11. Was hit and killed. I spoke to the nevada Highway Patrol in december about for a number of years thats tony illia with ndot. And he went on to tell me ndot wwould be making changes. Including. Installing lights to crosswalks so drivers know where people are at night. Ndot said the project would take six to eight months to complete. And eight months later its not completed. Nats