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.
I remember driving home from Anacortes, WA on I-5 with my sister once and we were both well baked. I swore she was driving 80 mph and told her to slow down but we were only doing like 45.
That was a really long trip to Vancouver, WA
No sense of humor, eh?
Let’s see....so many drunk, on thc, opiates, meth, coke, designer drugs, sleep inducing drugs, but off their antipsychotic drugs..they have guns, knives, fists, fast cars....what possibly could go wrong?
“Clark was driving a BMW...”
Please “KLAS” use your jounalism skills to tell us:
Who did the BMW belong to? Clark? Stolen? Borrowed?
What is Clark’s driving, accident, and ticket record? Arrest record? Was he awaiting trial for other crimes? Juvenile criminal record expunged?
I really hate these kind of jack asses. I go about 5 over the limit and to hell with the person behind me if I am on some country 2 lane road. Another jack ass flies down our residential road as well. WTF is the bloody rush?
The Audi A4, the luxury car for people who can park themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoQ71g5Mi8M
Dey told me that you was hung.
And dey was right.
hang, hung, hung, : to suspend an object from a cord or similar support.
hang, hanged, hanged: to execute by ligature.
Excellent! I never really knew the difference until today!
I see hopheads smoking weed in their cars and I call 911 to report a drunk driver like the sign says.
One of those wacky Raidahs fans.
Good story. Love Anacortes.
I was working as a Pipefitter/Welder on the Texaco oil refinery
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