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A district judge on Monday sentenced a woman who drove drunk and killed a man in a Las Vegas car accident.

According to court documents, judge Jennifer Togliatti sentenced 29 year-old Miranda Dalton to eight to 20 years in prison. Dalton pleaded guilty in June to driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in death.

Dalton was drunk behind the wheel of her Jeep Grand Cherokee April 9 when she struck a Buick Century driven by 28 year-old Paul Maidman on Cheyenne Avenue. Maidman was pronounced dead later that night at University Medical Center in Las Vegas. A prosecutor said Dalton’s blood alcohol content was more than two times the legal limit after the crash.

Dalton had a previous driving under the influence conviction from a 2001 case.

Police have released the names of an elderly couple who were killed in a Las Vegas car accident Wednesday.

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.

Police have released the name of the driver of a Las Vegas tour bus which crashed in Iron County Monday.

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.

If you or someone you know has been injured in a Las Vegas car accident, please contact a Las Vegas Personal Injury Attorney of Palmer & Associates, P.C., by calling 702-888-2222.

The widow of a Nevada delivery driver killed in a company truck last year said Monday she is suing Toyota Motor Corp., alleging that a floor mat wedged against the gas pedal caused the crash.

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.”

If you or someone you know has been injured in a Las Vegas car accident, please contact a Las Vegas personal injury lawyer of Palmer & Associates, P.C., by calling 702-888-2222.

Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal July 20  Las Vegas car accident.

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.