LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The girl accused of hitting an individual crossing on the street and leaving them for useless informed police she thought she hit a rock, in accordance with paperwork 8 Information Now obtained.
Las Vegas Metro police arrested Dora Henderson, 22, on Wednesday on expenses associated to the hit-and-run crash Sunday on Tropicana Avenue east of Conquistador Avenue close to Hualapai Means.
The 41-year-old pedestrian, recognized in police paperwork as Natale Burton, was taken to a hospital the place medical doctors pronounced her useless. Police later launched photographs of the suspected car concerned within the crash as a part of the seek for Henderson.
Proof on the scene and surveillance footage confirmed that an SUV was touring east on Tropicana Avenue, east of Conquistador Avenue, on the similar time a girl was kneeling or mendacity within the street, police stated.
Surveillance video from a close-by retirement neighborhood confirmed Burton kneeling within the street after which the SUV hitting her, police stated. Whereas reviewing the video, an worker on the neighborhood acknowledged the SUV as Henderson’s as a result of she works there.
Police then reviewed extra video, which confirmed Henderson moving into the automotive, they stated.
In an interview with police, Henderson stated she hit a rock and pulled over, paperwork stated.
“Dora kept stating she thought she had hit a large white construction boulder, which had scraped along the bottom of her vehicle,” police stated. “Dora stated she does not see well without her glasses and was not wearing them the night of the collision.”
Henderson faces a cost of obligation to cease at a scene of an accident involving loss of life, data stated. A professional tem choose set her bail at $100,000. She remained in custody as of Thursday.
