LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The speedometer in a automobile pushed by a person accused of DUI in a lethal Christmas morning crash was frozen at 95 mph following the collision, and he might have been driving as quick as 105 mph, in response to his arrest report.
Giraldo Salas-Chacon, 20, is dealing with prices of DUI leading to loss of life and reckless driving leading to loss of life or substantial bodily damage for the crash which occured on Maryland Parkway, south of Sahara Avenue.
The report mentioned witnesses known as 911 to report the crash and mentioned a person was ejected and suffered “unsurvivable injuries.” The person killed was later recognized by the Clark County Coroner’s workplace as Gonzalo Perez-Banuelos Sr. In all, six individuals had been within the Chevrolet Equinox when it was struck and rolled over onto its roof.
Police paperwork mentioned Salas-Chacon was the one individual within the Dodge Journey when it crashed into the Equinox. Officers famous that Salas-Chacon smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech, bloodshot watery eyes and refused to do the Standardized Subject Sobriety Exams.
An RTC bus driver who witnessed the crash informed police the Dodge handed her on the left facet, “traveling very, very fast.” The surveillance digicam on the bus captured video of the crash and police who reconstructed the crash and examined the Dodge mentioned “the speedometer was frozen at approximately 95 mph” however he might have being driving as quick at 105 mph, paperwork mentioned. The posted velocity restrict in that space is 30 mph.
The police investigation confirmed that Salas-Chacon’s automobile was rushing southbound on Maryland Parkway when it struck the Equinox because it was making a proper flip from Sahara onto southbound Maryland.
Two blood attracts had been performed on Salas-Chacon. These outcomes haven’t been launched presently.
Salas-Chacon, who stays in custody on the Clark County Detention Middle, is scheduled to look in courtroom on Jan. 6, 2025.
