Posted on 09/22/2022 10:29:01 AM PDT by Signalman
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The driver accused of killing a 70-year-old man in a high-speed crash over the weekend was going 89 mph in a 45-mph zone, according to his arrest report.
On Saturday, Sept. 17. at around 4:17 p.m., 20-year-old Corey Clark was driving a BMW southbound on Decatur Boulevard approaching the intersection with Jay Avenue while Leonard Carella was driving eastbound on Jay and west of Decatur, the report said.
Carella stopped at a stop sign and entered the intersection when his truck crashed with Clark’s car, the report said.
Clark’s BMW crashed into the left side of Carella’s truck with “so much energy” that the truck was pushed roughly 112 feet south, and both vehicles sustained significant damage, according to the report.
Police found that Clark was driving 89 mph seconds before the crash before applying his brake and slamming into the truck at 70 mph, the report said.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The driver accused of killing a 70-year-old man in a high-speed crash over the weekend was going 89 mph in a 45-mph zone, according to his arrest report.
Las Vegas police: Man was driving 89 mph in 45 mph residential area seconds before deadly crash Las Vegas police: Man was driving 89 mph in 45 mph residential area seconds before deadly crash © Provided by KLAS Las Vegas On Saturday, Sept. 17. at around 4:17 p.m., 20-year-old Corey Clark was driving a BMW southbound on Decatur Boulevard approaching the intersection with Jay Avenue while Leonard Carella was driving eastbound on Jay and west of Decatur, the report said.
Carella stopped at a stop sign and entered the intersection when his truck crashed with Clark’s car, the report said.
Clark’s BMW crashed into the left side of Carella’s truck with “so much energy” that the truck was pushed roughly 112 feet south, and both vehicles sustained significant damage, according to the report.
Police found that Clark was driving 89 mph seconds before the crash before applying his brake and slamming into the truck at 70 mph, the report said.
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CRUSHED. BASICALLY HE SAYS A WRONG-WAY DRIVER WHO WAS UNDER Pause Current Time 1:07 / Duration 2:35 HQ CaptionsFullscreen Las Vegas man calls for change after losing both legs in DUI crash Unmute 0 View on Watch The speed limit for Decatur Boulevard in the residential area where the crash happened was posted at 45 mph.
“The reckless speed of the BMW constituted a willful and wanton disregard for the safety of people and or property in the immediate vicinity,” the arrest report said.
Carella was taken to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said that Clark’s car was emitting a heavy odor of marijuana and officers obtained blood samples, which will be tested for drugs.
Clark later told police in an interview that he estimated his speed was about 50 mph, the report said.
He was being held at the Clark County Detention Center Wednesday on $50,000 bail.
future lives and millions of dollars could be saved by giving him the needle now.
Back in my wild days, when I drove high on weed, I was always going slower than the speed limit because it seemed like I was speeding.
Must have been the cheap weed we had in those days. Today’s weed is more potent.
(Police said that Clark’s car was emitting a heavy odor of marijuana)
I’m shocked I tell ya!
89 in a 45 zone? I’m surprised it wasn’t an Audi.
Did he bond out like the guy in North Dakota?
Haha. That sounds familiar. I must have seen it in a movie when I was in high school.
Weed makes you drive very slow.
A dope who can’t control himself.
The article said $50K bail...
Yeah, that’s my experience too. Booze will usually give you a heavy foot though.
100 years prior, this animal would have been hung and we would have parties before the hanging. How our nation has fallen..
My brother used to drive like that through residential areas.
It’s a miracle he never killed anybody or us.
The saddest story was a guy driving a truck. I don’t think he was even speeding.
A kid on a bicycle came down a steep hill that ended with a stop sign. Low visibility intersection. Went out in front of the truck. The truck tried to swerve but still hit the kid and pushed him through a barbed wire fence.
Kid died, driver was absolutely devasted.
So he’s black...not guilty then.
There is a comma right after “hung”.
You can get off your high horse now and the self-congratulatory fellatio on yourself should be done on your free time.
Another worthless pos in our midst.
Per this link...
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/deadly-crash-in-north-las-vegas-valley-closes-road/
...this was the 103rd traffic-related death in the department’s jurisdiction in 2022.
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