Las Vegas, Nevada - On November 10, 2020, at approximately 3:38 p.m., a fatal-traffic collision occurred on W. Russell Road at the intersection with S. Lindell Road. Evidence at the scene and witnesses' statements indicated a 2004 GMC Yukon was traveling west on Russell Road before it struck a light pole on the northwest corner of the intersection.
The driver was an unrestrained 37-year-old male who was pronounced deceased by responding Firefighters. The death marked the 85th traffic-related fatality in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's jurisdiction for the year 2020. The collision remains under investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Collision Investigation Section.