Two 16-year-olds in a car that ran a red light were killed in a two-vehicle crash in a southeast Las Vegas intersection midday Saturday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The video showed a mangled car that a sergeant with Metro’s unit that investigates serious crashes said was split in half.
The sergeant noted that the two people killed were the 36th and 37th traffic fatalities his team has investigated this year.
“This COLLISION was PREVENTABLE
Families are being DESTROYED!” police wrote in the post.
The Clark County coroner’s office will identify the people killed.
Two young people died after a high-speed collision in the southeast Las Vegas valley, police said.
On Friday, at approximately 5 p.m., the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of East Flamingo Road and South Pecos-McLeod Interconnect.
According to police, a sedan was traveling west on Flamingo Road and attempted to make a right turn at high speeds on a red light signal, crashing into the right side of a nearby compact SUV. Both vehicles were significantly damaged in the crash, with the force of the collision pushing the compact SUV into two nearby vehicles, injuring one of those drivers.
Two young people in the compact SUV, whose ages were not disclosed, were taken to a nearby hospital, where they died. Two other young people of undisclosed ages were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries and were released.
LVMPD officials said the sedan driver left the scene and remains unidentified. The deaths represent the 136th and 137th traffic-related fatalities in LVMPD jurisdiction in 2024.
Anyone with information is urged to call the LVMPD’s Collision Investigation section at (702) 828-3595. Those who wish to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at
