According to officials with the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office, a 79 year-old man from Barstow was pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident on eastbound 40 near Kelbaker Road. Las Vegas police say the accident occurred shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday when the back tire of a sport utility vehicle lost its tread, causing the driver to lose control and swerve off the roadway. The vehicle rolled several times.

Paramedics transported the driver and three passengers to Colorado River Medical Center in Needles for treatment. A woman riding in the vehicle was flown to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment.

The identities of those involved have not been released.

According to officials with the Clark County Coroner’s Office, 80 year-old Maurice Goldberg and 87 year-old Margot Carra were killed in a car accident at the intersection of Mountain Vista Street and Vegas Valley Drive shortly after noon Wednesday.

According to officials with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, Goldberg suffered a medical episode while driving a Ford Focus on Mountain Vista Street, causing him to lose control of the vehicle, veer off the roadway, and strike a block wall. The Coroner’s report notes Carra died of blunt force trauma.

Las Vegas Metro Police said the accident marked the 47th traffic-related fatality this year.

According to officials with the Utah Highway Patrol, 26 year-old Yasushi Mikuni, of Las Vegas, was behind the wheel of a tour bus that crashed on Interstate 15 Monday. Police say the vehicle was traveling northbound on the interstate shortly before 7:00 p.m. when it went off the roadway and crashed about 4 miles north of Cedar City near mile post 66. The vehicle was a white 2006 Ford E350 shuttle bus registered to Canyon Transportation Company of Salt Lake City.

A total of 15 people were injured in the crash. All occupants of the bus were of Japanese descent. The tour bus was traveling from Las Vegas to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah when it crashed.

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According to court documents, Kim Levine is seeking damages for herself and her two sons, ages 13 and 6, in the crash of a 2010 Toyota Tacoma that killed her husband, 55 year-old Jeffrey Mark Levine, on December 1. Levine’s attorney, Gerald Gillock, alleged that Toyota quietly advised dealerships in the U.S to inspect Tacoma models for “floor mat pedal entrapment” problems, but did not begin to recall vehicles until later.

“This did not have to happen,: Levine said. “A floor mat is such a simple replacement. I’m sure it would just take a few moments.”

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According to officials with the Clark County Coroner’s Office, 19 year-old Allen Paul Layno, of Laughlin, was traveling south on a gravel road in a Pontiac Grand Am shortly before 4:00 a.m. Tuesday when the fatal accident occurred. The 17 year-old female driver apparently lost control of the vehicle, causing the car to roll over and eject Layno, police say. The accident occurred in the desert area west of Needles Highway and Bruce Woodbury Drive.

According to the coroner’s report, Layno died from blunt force injuries suffered during the crash. The drive sustained only minor injuries in the accident, investigators say.

The Las Vegas Police Department continues to investigate the cause of the crash.

According to officials with the Las Vegas Police Department, the accident occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sunday on Losee Road, just south of the Gowan Road intersection. The preliminary investigation indicates that the man was operating a 2004 pickup truck southbound on Losee Road at a high rate of speed when the pickup truck drifted off the roadway and struck a steel power pole west of the road’s edge. The driver was ejected from his vehicle.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene emergency responders.

Excessive speed appears to be a factor in the crash, police say, but investigators are trying to determine whey the vehicle left the roadway. An autopsy is scheduled for later this week.

According to the Clark County coroner’s office, 49 year-old Barnaby Nolan died from multiple blunt force trauma. Nolan was crossing Pecos Road, outside of a crosswalk and against the pedestrian traffic signal, when the accident occurred, Las Vegas police say.

Authorities say a 2006 Ford Mustang was traveling east on Charleston and struck Nolan in the center lane shortly before 12:15 p.m. Nolwan was transported to University Medical Center following the crash, where he was pronounced dead later that day.

According to a statement released by the Clark County Coroner’s Office, 59 year-old Timothy R. McGhie died from multiple injuries sustained in an accident Sunday. Las Vegas police say the accident occurred shortly before 9:00 p.m. when McGhie tried to cross Lake Mead Boulevard, north to south, west of Valley Drive.

McGhie was not in a marked crosswalk at the time of the accident. He was struck by a Ford Explorer and struck again by a white Sport Utility Vehicle, which fled the scene before emergency personnel arrived, police said. McGhie was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

According to officials with the Las Vegas Police Department, 64 year-old Maria Perez-Espinoza was northbound on Page Street when she stopped at the intersection of Stewart Avenue, near Lamb Boulevard. Police say Perez-Espinoza stopped at a stop sign in her 2001 Chevrolet Malibu before pulling into the path of a 2003 Nissan Altima traveling east on Stewart. The Nissan struck the Chevrolet on the driver’s side.

Perez-Espinoza was transported to a nearby hospital after the crash where she was later pronounced dead. A 70 year-old passenger in the Chevrolet sustained minor injuries in the crash. The driver of the Nissan, 31 year-old Alejandro Gallaga-Arroyo of Las Vegas, also suffered minor injuries. A 13 year-old passenger in the car was also injured.

The incident was the 36th fatal accident in the Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction this year.

According to police reports, Daniel Melin has been charged with driving under the influence with accident, driving under the influence of drugs, and hit-and-run. Police say Melin told them he was taking an opiate for back pain.

The accident occurred at the intersection of Lake Mead and Racho. Melin’s car crashed into an unoccupied bus stop shelter on the corner, destroying the structure. The Regional Transportation Commission said, in a statement, that they will be examining the location of the bust stop to see if it needs to be moved.

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