LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The driver accused of speeding and driving the wrong way in a fatal crash in Las Vegas faces charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, according to documents obtained by 8NewsNow. A witness said he was going “nearly 100 miles an hour.”
On Sunday, April 28 at approximately 10:40 p.m., Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers responded to a collision near the intersection of South Buffalo Drive and Peacock Avenue.
The collision involved two black vehicles, a Honda driven by 23-year-old Juan De Leon and a Hyundai driven by 78-year-old Adolph Weiss.
Callers told the station that both drivers were trapped in their vehicle. Las Vegas firefighters arrived and extricated both drivers. Medical personnel took De Leon to the hospital with serious lower body injuries, according to the report.
Weiss was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
The investigation showed that De Leon was traveling south on Buffalo Drive and approaching the intersection with Peacock Avenue when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road and struck the raised median at a speed high before crossing into oncoming traffic and colliding with Weiss’ vehicle. , according to the report.
A witness to the collision told police that De Leon was driving at a speed she “estimated to be close to 100 miles per hour” before jumping the median and crashing into Weiss’ vehicle, according to the report.
The posted limit on Buffalo Drive is 45 miles per hour.
Weiss’ vehicle was pushed 24 feet into a concrete barrier from the point of collision. According to the report, the entire driver’s compartment of the vehicle was damaged in the collision.
De Leon’s vehicle traveled more than 200 feet after the collision. It was missing its left front tire, the report states.
Hospital officers observed that De Leon’s eyes were watery and detected a faint odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage coming from him. Police then obtained a search warrant to take blood samples from him, the report states.
Police arrested De Leon at the hospital and booked him into the Clark County Detention Center in absentia. He faces charges of drunk driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death or serious injury.
His next court appearance was scheduled for May 16.
Court records show De Leon’s bond was set at $25,000. If he posts bond, he will be subject to medium-level electronic monitoring and alcohol and drug monitoring, and must stay out of trouble, abstain from drugs and alcohol and not drive.
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