LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Ten months after a person was killed in a rollover crash close to the Las Vegas Strip, police arrested a driver who they mentioned was dashing and driving with out a license.
On Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, at round 11 p.m., an individual known as 911 to report a rollover crash on East Desert Inn Street close to Channel 8 Drive.
The caller informed dispatch that two autos have been concerned, however one was now not on the scene, and the opposite car was mendacity on its roof, in response to an arrest report.
Arriving officers discovered three folks with accidents. One particular person, recognized as Michel Fernandez-Fumero, 41, was mendacity on his again close to the rear of the car with a “large pool of blood” round his head, the report said.
Medical personnel pronounced Fernandez-Fumero lifeless on the scene.
One other particular person was mendacity on his aspect close to the driving force’s aspect of the car with accidents to his again, and police helped the third particular person out of the car.
Preliminary investigation confirmed a 2006 Infiniti G35 was driving east on East Desert Inn Street when the car misplaced management and didn’t journey in its lane. The car rotated clockwise, going off the roadway and hitting a crash attenuator earlier than flipping onto its roof, the report said.
The entrance passenger of the car recognized the driving force as Yoan Cruz-Bruzon, who, primarily based on his start 12 months, is both 24 or 25.
Cruz-Bruzon informed police an unknown SUV entered his lane and “possibly” hit the driving force’s aspect of his car, or considered one of his tires might have blown, in response to the report.
Police decided pace was an element within the crash. The report additionally famous that Fernandez-Fumero, who was sitting at the back of the car earlier than the crash, was not sporting a seat belt. When the car hit the attenuator, he was ejected from the car and sustained extreme head trauma.
A information examine confirmed Cruz-Bruzon had a driver’s instruction allow, however not a full license, and was not accompanied by a licensed driver a minimum of 21 years previous on the time of the crash. DMV information present he was the registered proprietor of the car.
In June, police accomplished a video evaluation of surveillance footage from a close-by resort on line casino. The video confirmed the Infiniti exiting the Desert Inn Street tunnel, passing a number of autos on the correct earlier than dropping management, the report said.
The Infiniti overcorrects its course and rotates left into the left journey lane, inflicting the left aspect to hit an unidentified car, earlier than the Infiniti rotates once more and out of the digital camera body. The car hit the attenuator shortly after leaving the digital camera body.
A pace evaluation of the video confirmed the Infiniti was driving a mean of 77 miles per hour. The posted pace restrict on Desert Inn Street is 45 miles per hour.
On July 7, police contacted Cruz-Bruzon, and he went to an LVMPD visitors bureau the place police arrested him for reckless driving leading to loss of life or severe bodily hurt.
Cruz-Bruzon later posted bond and was launched. His subsequent court docket look was scheduled for Aug. 7.
