Las Vegas Valley , NV : One man was killed in Hit and Run Crash While vehicle was traveling west on Tropicana Avenue and hit the man in the road January 14th 2015

Metro Police are investigating the pre-dawn death of a man killed in a hit-and-run in the southwest Las Vegas Valley, officials said.

Officer Larry Hadfield said the man, believed to be in his 20s or 30s, was found dead about 6 a.m. in a patch of bushes near a gas station at West Tropicana Avenue and South Jones Boulevard.

Investigators believe a vehicle was traveling west on Tropicana Avenue and hit the man in the road, police said. The impact hurled the pedestrian toward a nearby palm tree, police said.

The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

There were no witnesses when police arrived, and surveillance cameras didn’t capture the collision, police said.






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Police seeking leads in fatal hit-and-run