LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The lady accused of hitting an individual crossing on the street and leaving them for lifeless informed police she thought she hit a rock, in keeping with paperwork 8 Information Now obtained.
Las Vegas Metro police arrested Dora Henderson, 22, on Wednesday on fees associated to the hit-and-run crash 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 docs pronounced her lifeless. Police later launched images of the suspected automobile 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 identical time a girl was kneeling or mendacity within the street, police mentioned.
Surveillance video from a close-by retirement neighborhood confirmed Burton kneeling within the street after which the SUV hitting her, police mentioned. 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 stepping into the automobile, they mentioned.
In an interview with police, Henderson mentioned she hit a rock and pulled over, paperwork mentioned.
“Dora kept stating she thought she had hit a large white construction boulder, which had scraped along the bottom of her vehicle,” police mentioned. “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 responsibility to cease at a scene of an accident involving loss of life, data mentioned. A professional tem decide set her bail at $100,000. She remained in custody as of Thursday.
