North Las Vegas Police: Pedestrian hit and killed by car; driver arrested

A operator was arrested connected a DUI number aft a pedestrian was deed by a car and killed Sunday, according to North Las Vegas Police.

The incidental was reported astir 8:30 p.m. adjacent Cheyenne Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, constabulary said.

The pedestrian, a 67-year-old woman, was struck portion crossing Cheyenne conscionable eastbound of the intersection and extracurricular of a marked crosswalk, constabulary said. She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, constabulary said.

The driver, Luis Alvarado Lopez, 29, remained astatine the country and showed signs of impairment, constabulary said.

Lopez was arrested and booked astatine the North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center connected counts of DUI resulting successful decease and reckless driving resulting successful death, constabulary said.

The Clark County Coroner’s Office volition merchandise the sanction of the pistillate who died, constabulary said.