LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person accused of driving underneath the affect, hitting a pedestrian and one other car, and leaving a path of destruction claimed he didn’t understand he hit somebody in a cellular phone video obtained by the 8 Information Now Investigators.
Roberto Olivas, 27, is charged with two felony fees together with driving underneath the affect leading to substantial bodily hurt and reckless driving leading to substantial bodily hurt, together with three misdemeanor counts together with working a motorcar with no proof of insurance coverage, driving an unregistered car, and obligation to provide info for failing to provide one other driver his info after a minor collision, in line with a prison grievance filed by the Clark County District Legal professional’s workplace on Aug. 5.
“I hit some [Expletive], bro,” Olivas mentioned after the July 31 incident. “I don’t know what happened.”
A bystander instructed Olivas he hit a person.
“No, no, I didn’t hit nobody,” Olivas mentioned. “Did I hit somebody? Shut up. No, I didn’t.”
Olivas seemed to be amazed he survived the crash as hit car had overturned.
“Holy [Expletive],” he mentioned. “I’m still alive.”
Driver accused of DUI was going practically 100 mph when he crashed at west Las Vegas intersection: police
The 61-year-old man police mentioned Olivas hit had been ready inside a bus shelter. He suffered important accidents, together with a mind bleed, fractured jaw, torn lung, damaged ribs, and a damaged leg, Las Vegas Metro police mentioned. He was taken to College Medical Heart.
Olivas first had a minor collision with a Maserati at Rampart Boulevard and Vegas Drive and fled the scene, in line with a police report. That driver adopted Olivas, police mentioned. Olivas reached as much as 99 miles per hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone and misplaced management of his car, collided with a fireplace hydrant, {an electrical} field, a light-weight pole, a water utility field, and the bus shelter earlier than his car overturned, the report acknowledged.
Olivas suffered some accidents, together with a doable fractured neck, the report acknowledged. He instructed police that he was on the Suncoast On line casino earlier than the crash. Police mentioned he admitted to consuming one thing, however it was redacted within the arrest report. Blood samples have been collected as proof. The outcomes weren’t instantly out there.
The crash prompted an influence outage that impacted 3,500 residents in that space. The ability was restored to most NV Vitality clients about three hours later.
Throughout a quick courtroom look Friday, Las Vegas Justice Courtroom Choose Daniel Westmeyer set bail at $200,000.
Data present Olivas was arrested in 2017 for DUI, dashing, and an open container of alcohol.
A trooper for Nevada Freeway Patrol mentioned he noticed Olivas dashing at 94 miles per hour in a 65 miles per hour zone, pulled him over, and seen a powerful odor of alcohol. After the trooper carried out a area sobriety check and located three open containers of alcohol within the car Olivas was driving, Olivas admitted he smoked marijuana a couple of days prior and makes use of hallucinogens. He was then taken into custody, the report mentioned.
Olivas pleaded responsible to DUI. He spent a complete of two days in jail, and obtained a suspended sentence which included circumstances of finishing DUI college, neighborhood service, and a coroner program, in line with courtroom information. The coroner program requirement was waived attributable to COVID-19, courtroom information famous. The case was closed in August 2020.
Olivas remained in custody as of Wednesday night, in line with jail information.
A preliminary listening to is scheduled for Aug. 19.
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